Contour 20 Black Edition

We’ve taken every component and upgraded it. Every nuance and improved it. And every surface and made it black.

All so every emotion in your music can shine.

Clean, clear treble

High frequencies are handled by the renowned Esotar 3 tweeter, which you’ll also find in our Confidence range and our M-series professional reference speakers.

The soft-dome diaphragm is finished with our high-precision DSR coating, formulated and mixed by hand and applied by robots. The process puts the coating at exactly the right density in exactly the right places – so you hear exactly what you’re supposed to hear. Which is exactly what the artist wants you to hear.

Directly behind the diaphragm sits the Hexis. It’s a little dimpled inner dome that smooths out the tweeter’s frequency response and reduces unwanted resonances, the kind that colour your music, by gently guiding the moving air behind the fabric dome. It means you’ll hear high frequencies with all the emotion you’re meant to; so the cocksure sizzle of the hi-hats as the drummer counts in hits precisely as it’s meant to.

Behind it all you'll find a labyrinth of conduits and shaped vents. A large rear chamber and high-quality damping material reduce resonance and ‘ringing’, while a potent neodymium magnet and lightweight aluminium voice-coil provide power and control. It can play louder, with consistent clarity, for longer – which means your ears won’t tire in a long listening session.

Esotar 3 helps your music breathe. It’s one of the cornerstones of modern hi-fi.