A car-borne sound system that reproduces a recorded multi-channel music
source in the 5. 1 system or the like system into a natural sound
environment in a room of an automobile. Conventionally, at a driver's seat
or at a front passenger seat, a sound image of vocal sounds (singing
voice) was locating deviated from the natural placement. The present sound
system eliminates such unnatural sound image positioning. A front center
signal and a front right and a front left signals, which include much of
the vocal components, are added on to a rear right and a rear left signals
so that rear speakers (106 and 107) also reproduce the vocal components.
Thus the vocal sound image is placed and fixed in the central place to
provide a natural listening environment.