Bowers and Wilkins updates the flagship CM9 floorstanding speaker with the CM10, the first number the CM series to carry technology from the high-end 800 series.

The technology in question involves having the tweeter on top of the speaker cabinet (as seen in PM1 bookshelf speaker), creating what the company says is "more natural, spacious sound." The tweeter features an all-aluminium design with a second aluminium layer, creating a "double-dome" design.

Such construction prevents the voice coil from distorting at higher frequencies (pushing break-up frequency up from 30kHz to 38kHz) while moving the tweeter out of the cabinet also provides space for a 3rd bass driver.

The NuVo  Music Port and Music Port Elite source components receive a further control option-- a free Android remote control app is now available from the Google Play store.

Both Music Port and Music Port Elite work with the NuVo Concerto, Essentia and Renovia whole home audio systems, and can act as standalone sources. The systems offer 4 simultaneous audio streams from internally- or network-stored content and a number of internet radio subscription services.

Currently in beta, the app is compatible with any NuVo system including the Music Port or Music Port Elite components. It allows for simple source navigation and zone control, as well as queue filling, volume adjustment and source switching, via Android devices.

Go NuVo

Sonance adds 50 new models to the Visual Performance speaker series, with models including round, square, rectangle, 4-inch and 6-inch (2-way), 8inch (3-way), single stereo, LCR, Surround, thinline, extreme, woofers and subwoofers.

The speakers use the latest Sonance technology and construction in materials such as carbon fibre, rohacell, kevlar, nomex and polypropylene. The company says it employed computer modeling and test software (FineMotor, FineCone, MOTiv, Clio FW10 and Klippel Distortion Analyzer) to produce consistent frequency response and sonic signature across all listening levels and minimal distortion at higher volume.

Power response is +/-60 degrees, allowing optimal speaker positioning (such as aligned with down lights) while providing uncompromised sound quality and coverage.

Pioneer announces its first soundbar since 1998 at CE Week 2013-- the SP-SB23W Speaker Bar, a composite wood number packing x6 independently amplified speakers and an 8-channel active digital crossover network.

Designed by speaker engineer Andrew Jones, the Sound Bar promises "excellent full-range sound from a small, simple solution audio package" complete with an RF moulded curved wood enclosure able to withstand "flexing" to produce better audio at high volumes.

It features six individual drivers, four 3-inch woofers and two 1-inch soft dome tweeters in an arrangement Pioneer claims produces a wide dispersion pattern.  The woofers feature a vented pole piece improving bass response, while a custom "wave guide" enclosure holds the tweeters for increased output sensitivity and controlled high-frequency dispersion.