Popped into dealer yesterday and heard a little about the new audio system. Due for release in the autumn. It will be a unit that can be held in the hand or sat on the lap. Length is about as wide as a small laptop and as tall as the Bs5. A user interface with three coloured rings. The internal ring when activated plays most played music, middle ring plays something less familiar and outter ring would play something new or least played. I think the idea is similar to the Essence of one touch play without too much searching with an interface that learns what you most play to least played. You can of course do a search. Materials will be glass and wood the latter which I was rather excited to hear about harking back to the days of the old Beomasters. Will have so some sort of recharging floor stand. Has streaming from Deezer and of course Sotify and steaming from a NAS and can play HD tracks. This is was about all I took in whilst oggling the new Avant in the show room. I'm sure it will have more surprises. 

First time I saw the Beosound 18 and 20 as well. Most beautiful and drop dead gorgeous. BL5 successor is in the pipeline but I think this is still a way off as no news beyond this. I think my savings account is going to be emptied later this year. I have not been this excited in years! Blown away..