Speaker Array Apparatus

A speaker array apparatus comprising:

• an apparatus housing having a disposition plane;
• a speaker array which includes a plurality of speakers disposed in a zigzag arrangement in a vertical direction on the disposition plane of the apparatus housing that is opposite to a listening position;
• and
• horns provided on the disposition plane of the apparatus housing for the speakers of the speaker array, wherein
• the speaker array apparatus receives and distributes a sound signal input from an outside to all of or a part of the speakers of the speaker array, and outputs the distributed sound signal as a sound beam by controlling an output timing of each sound output from the all or part of the speakers, and
• each speaker of the speaker array has an appropriate output direction in an elevation angle and an upward angle with respect to a horizontal direction, the appropriate output direction indicating a direction having a highest sound pressure in a sound pressure distribution when the sound is output from the speaker.