Stereophonic reproducing system

Claim 1

An audio reproduction system comprising: left and right input terminals for receiving left and right signals respectively, left and right amplifiers having their inputs coupled to said left and right terminals respectively, front-left and rear-left amplifiers coupled to the output of said left amplifier, and front-right and rear-right amplifiers coupled to the output of said right amplifier, front-left and front-right speakers coupled to the outputs of said front-left and front-right amplifiers respectively, rear-left and rear-right speakers coupled in series between the outputs of said rear-left and rear-right amplifiers, a different one of said speakers being positioned approximately at each of the four corners of a quadrilateral area, which may be occupied by a listener, said speakers directing sound towards the interior of the area, wherein said front-left and front-right speakers are respectively positioned in the left and right front corners of the area behind the listener and said rear-left and rear-right speakers are positioned in the left and right rear corners of the area facing the listener, and an impedance element coupling said rear-left and rear-right amplifiers, the impedance of said impedance element having a substantial value capable of supplying partial leakage of a signal amplified by said rear-left amplifier to said rear-right amplifier and partial leakage of a signal amplified by said rear-right amplifier to said rear-left amplifier without degradation of the degree of separation between sound signals supplied to said front-left and front-right speakers, respectively.