The woofer has been tweaked, too. It’s still made of our own Magnesium Silicate Polymer (MSP) material, of course, it’s still powered by a lightweight aluminium voice-coil, and it still uses a vented dual-ferrite magnet system – but behind the distinctive black cone lurks an improved spider suspension. This one is made from aramid fibres, and retains the ingenious structural properties from before (the ribs are of varying width to give even finer control over the cone’s excursion). You’d be surprised at the sonic difference such a small change can make…
And because those driver changes provide an inherently flat frequency response, we’ve been able to simplify the crossover too. It’s a thing of beauty, isn’t it? There’s no longer any need for extra impedance-correction circuitry – which means an even more direct signal path. And cleaner sound.
Making a Contour without its signature baffle would be like making a car without wheels. Unthinkable. But there’s always room for improvement – and our designers love to stretch their legs. This baffle is aluminium, and set into the cabinet. Its chamfer is included in the driver’s basket – which not only looks great, but also reduces unwanted high-frequency diffraction effects for clearer treble, and provides a solid foundation for the drivers to do their work. A solid foundation means improved high-volume performance at low frequencies, too (although your neighbours might not thank us for that).
Even the internal damping has been improved – using lessons learned from Evoke and Confidence.
Contour 20i
Features
Esotar 2i tweeter
Featuring a larger rear chamber and now the Hexis inner dome, which helps to reduce unwanted resonances and flatten the frequency response
Improved spider
Updated crossover
Voice coil
Large diameter, long throw aluminium voice-coils
- Status Current
- Segment Home
- Series Contour i
- Type Bookshelf
- Sensitivity (dB @ 2.83V/1m) 86
- IEC Power Handling (W) 180
- Rated Impedance (Ohm) 4
- Lower Cutoff (Hz @ +/- 3 dB) 39
- Upper Cutoff (kHz @ +/- 3 dB) 23
- Box Principle Bass reflex rear ported
- Crossover 2-way
- Crossover Frequency (Hz) 2200 Hz
Contour i series
- Status:
- Segment:
- Series:
- Type:
- Sensitivity (dB @ 2.83V/1m):
- IEC Power Handling (W):
- Rated Impedance (Ohm):
- Lower Cutoff (Hz @ +/- 3 dB):
- Upper Cutoff (kHz @ +/- 3 dB):
- Box Principle:
- Crossover:
- Crossover Frequency (Hz):
Contour 60i
- Current
- Home
- Contour i
- Floorstand
- 88
- 390
- 4
- 28
- 23
- Bass reflex rear ported
- 3-way
- 220 Hz / 4.500 Hz
Contour 30i
- Current
- Home
- Contour i
- Floorstand
- 87
- 300
- 4
- 32
- 23
- Bass reflex rear ported
- 2.5-way
- (300)/2200 Hz
Contour 20i
- Current
- Home
- Contour i
- Bookshelf
- 86
- 180
- 4
- 39
- 23
- Bass reflex rear ported
- 2-way
- 2200 Hz
Contour 25Ci
- Current
- Home
- Contour i
- Center
- 87
- 300
- 4
- 35
- 23
- Bass reflex rear ported
- 2.5-way
- (300)/2200 Hz
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