Starting at the top
You’ll find the jewel in the crown: the Esotar 2i tweeter.
We looked at the older Esotar 2 from the 2016 Contour, took it apart and realised we could give it a boost with some tech from our flagship Confidence range (the Hexis) and also our flagship Core professional reference monitor series (the larger rear chamber). Together these clever mods help to reduce unwanted resonances and smooth out the frequency response for even clearer treble performance.
Contour 60i is the only model in the family to have a dedicated midrange driver. It uses an aluminium voice-coil, and also has a neodymium magnet system – all developed and optimised at the Dynaudio Labs in Denmark. It is, in fact, exactly the same midrange driver we used in the 2016 Contour 60. If it ain’t broke…
Where the difference lies is in how it’s mounted
We’ve used more tech from Core here, isolating it in a precision-moulded cup containing resonance-defeating ribs. If there’s one thing you can never have too much of, it’s midrange clarity – and Contour 60i now has even more.
The two woofers are updated. Each has a bigger magnet system, a different voice-coil design and a glass-fibres voice-coil former, as first used in the Confidence range and Sub 6 subwoofer. That means even tighter bass, at higher volume. We’ve chosen copper for these ones over aluminium. Why? Because they’re dedicated bass drivers. Copper is heavier and provides more moving mass. More moving mass lets us dig deeper without impinging on the midrange, handled by the super-sprightly driver just above.
The crossover has been updated, too. You can’t change all the drivers without taking a look at the speaker’s ‘brain’, after all. Plus, the effect of that moulded midrange cup and the aramid fibre woofer spiders let our engineers shift the crossover frequency up. It now works better at slightly higher frequencies (up to around 300Hz). The frequency curve in this area is also flatter, meaning better midrange performance from a simpler design.
The multi-layer curved cabinet and sleek-but-solid aluminium baffle provide your music (which was likely mixed using Dynaudio studio speakers, too) with a robust, defined acoustic foundation. So much so that, if we’ve done our jobs right, you’ll forget they’re even there and just ... listen.
Contour i
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
Extensive tweaks from the 2016 Contour model have led to a simpler, cleaner, and even better-performing unit.
Voice coil
Large diameter, long throw copper voice-coils.
- Status Current
- Segment Home
- Series Contour i
- Type Floorstand
- Sensitivity (dB @ 2.83V/1m) 88
- IEC Power Handling (W) 390
- Rated Impedance (Ohm) 4
- Lower Cutoff (Hz @ +/- 3 dB) 28
- Upper Cutoff (kHz @ +/- 3 dB) 23
- Box Principle Bass reflex rear ported
- Crossover 3-way
- Crossover Frequency (Hz) 220 Hz / 4.500 Hz
Contour 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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