Barrel speaker enclosure

Claim 1

A speaker and associated enclosure apparatus for reproducing sound from electronic audio signals, the apparatus comprising: a. a barrel-shaped drum having two open circular ends, one end in a selected position being a front end and the opposite end being a rear end and being substantially parallel with and substantially equal in size to the front end, intermediate portions of the drum being circular in cross section and having greater diameters than the ends, the axial length of the drum being substantially longer than any diameter thereof; b. a substantially axially aligned speaker mounted at the front end of the drum for directing the sound in opposite substantially axial directions; and c. an aerodynamically curved reflector having an open front end, and a closed rear end, the reflector mounted to surround the rear portion of said drum and spaced therefrom so that the sides thereof are substantially parallel with the adjacent sides of the drum and so that the reflector extends from the rear of said drum forward more than half way the length of said drum, the open end of the reflector being aligned to direct sound emitted therefrom in a substantially forward axial direction.