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Contour 20i
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Compact? Yes. Compact-sounding? No.
Contour 20i
Hear the difference: the Contour 20i is ready to blow your sonic socks off.
Contour 20i has been designed to surpass every other standmount Contour model we’ve created. And it succeeds.
The Esotar 2i tweeter is a turbocharged version of the much-loved Esotar2. It now features a larger rear chamber for more effective damping, and the inventive Hexis inner dome seen on Confidence, Core and more. Together they flatten the frequency response and reduce unwanted resonances for even clearer, smoother treble.
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
Contour 20i
Specifications
- Status Current
- Segment Home
- Range Contour i
- Type Bookshelf
- Sensitivity (dB @ 2.83V/1m) 86
- IEC Power Handling (Watt) 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
- Crossover Topology 2nd order
- Tweeter 28mm Esotar 2i with Hexis
- Midrange/Woofer 18 cm MSP
- Weight kg 14
- Weight lbs 30 55/64
- Width mm 215
- Height mm 440
- Depth mm 360
- Width inches 8 4/8
- Height inches 17 3/8
- Depth inches 14 1/8
- Width mm incl. feet/grill 215
- Height mm incl. feet/grill 440
- Depth mm incl. feet/grill 396
- Width inches incl. feet/grill 8 4/8
- Height inches incl. feet/grill 17 3/8
- Depth inches incl. feet/grill 15 5/8
- Grille Black
- Baffle Black Aluminium

Reviews
Whilst the finish is new, the performance remains the same.
“The externally beautifully-curved loudspeaker, true to its name, plays with a beautiful contour, and refrains from placing its own agenda in the foreground.”
Audio Test, Germany
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