Maxell has introduced the SSB-1 soundbar speaker, which has 30 watts of power and a built-in subwoofer. This one requires no mounting or installation and is designed to support a TV or monitor up to 55 pounds. Just park your set on it and you are good to go. Finally, a soundbar speaker that will be out of your way!

Features include a high-gloss-black finish, two 3.5mm aux jacks, a remote control, a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable and a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable. It has a $129 price tag.

Looking to upgrade your home theater? Harman Kardon’s latest home theater soundbar, the Harmon Kardon SB16 might be the ticket. It is specially designed for people who lack a large physical space, but want to enjoy a quality home theater experience. It features direct connections to your TV, DVD player, video game console or other compatible devices so you can place the subwoofer in any position within the same room as the SB16 thanks to its wireless connectivity.

Other features include a two-way dual-driver, left and right soundbar speaker channels, each with two 3-inch (75mm) midrange drivers and a 3/4-inch (19mm) dome tweeter. The wireless subwoofer offers 100 watts of power while incorporating a 10-inch (250mm) driver within a ported enclosure.

Edifier’s latest Soundbar USB peripheral looks like one that you may actually want to use. It will boost the volume of your music and movie watching experience on a notebook. We love the design and notebook speakers could always use a boost.

The Edifier Soundbar USB will sit on top of your notebook, while being powered via USB to keep it portable. Woofers and tweeters are built-in for superior audio quality. Just $49 and it is compatible with just about any Mac, Windows PC or other computer that uses USB audio.

The Asus Cine5 is a smaller version of the sound bars that are available. This model is designed not for your large TV, but for your desk. The Cine5 measures in at about 15-inches, with a typical five speaker set up and a 28W max amp. There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack for headphones.

It’s good looking as soundbars go, but sadly, we don’t have any word on pricing or availability yet, but hopefully we will be seeing this one soon.

Swiss company Sonic Emotion has teamed up with Coby to unveil a new 3D stereo speaker. They are calling it the “first soundbar on the market that plays 3D sound from simple stereo input”. We’ll see about that claim.

The 3D Audio Soundbar’s secret to such rich sound is that it uses field synthesis to create 3D surround sound. The 3D Audio Soundbar will be displayed at CES 2010. Then we will now for sure if the claims are true or if they are just blowing 3D audio up our bums.

The TS-BA3 is a dual wireless soundbar system with a 280-watt amplifier, featuring 5.1-channel surround. It includes a soundbar, wireless subwoofer and wireless rear speaker kit for $549.95. You’ll get a single analog input, two optical digital inputs and support for Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby ProLogic II surround.

The TH-BS7 will cost you $599.95 and is designed to mount on flat-panel HDTVs, with a 1.4-inch tall, ultrathin soundbar, a wall-mountable amplifier and a wireless subwoofer. This one features 180-watts with 4.1 sound.

Philips has announced its expanded home theater lineup for 2009, with the HTS8160B Soundbar. The compact home theater setup includes a Blu-ray disc player with DVD and CD playback support, built-in speakers and a separate subwoofer.

The soundbar also supports Dolby True HD audio format and 7.1 channel surround sound. You’ll also get an iPod/iPhone dock and a touchscreen remote control. It will cost you around $1,500 and is currently available in Singapore. We don’t know if or when it will hit North America.

I have seen soundbars for home theater sets ups that provide good sound and a clean install look. They place speakers inside a long, slender box that is designed to sit under the TV in your living room rather than boxy speakers that are designed to stand beside the TV.

iLuv has introduced a new 2.1 speaker set for PC that looks like a soundbar. The long and slender device has a pair of speakers inside with a subwoofer. The system uses SRS-XT technology to simulate surround sound for movies and games.