Reduced acoustic signature loudspeaker (RSL)

A system comprising:

• a video monitor having a viewing surface and an opposing back surface and;
• a left loudspeaker assembly comprising first, second, third, and fourth sides, a full range acoustic driver/array mounted to the first side of the left loudspeaker assembly and facing a left wall of a listening space, the second side of the left loudspeaker assembly forms the rear of the left loudspeaker assembly and faces a front wall of the listening space, the third side of the left loudspeaker assembly is opposite the first side and faces a right side wall of the listening space, and the fourth side of the left loudspeaker assembly and faces the back surface of the video monitor and therein a rear wall of the listening space;
• a right loudspeaker assembly comprising first, second, third, and fourth sides, a full range acoustic driver/array mounted to the first side of the right loudspeaker assembly and facing a right wall of a listening space, the second side of the right loudspeaker assembly forms the rear of the right loudspeaker assembly and faces a front wall of the listening space, the third side of the right loudspeaker assembly is opposite the first side and faces a left side wall of the listening space, and the fourth side of the right loudspeaker assembly and faces the back surface of the video monitor and therein a rear wall of the listening space;
• wherein each left and right loudspeaker assembly is mounted proximate the back surface of the video monitor, wherein each loudspeaker assembly is recessed from vertical edges of the monitor;
• wherein the full range on-axis directional acoustic output of each loudspeaker assembly is directed outward toward the left and right side walls respectively of the listening space at an azimuth of approximately 180+/−45 degrees;
• wherein each full range acoustic driver/array can reproduce the range of frequencies that the human sense of hearing uses to localize sound sources;
• wherein no acoustic output of the left and right loud speaker assemblies is directed directly toward the listening area in front of the video monitor;
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• wherein no acoustic output of the left and right loud speaker assemblies is directed vertically, up or down, in the listening space;
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• wherein the first sides of the left and right loud speaker assemblies are separated by a distance of at least approximately 1.0 feet.