HK Audio CONTOUR X
EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFICIENCY
The HK Audio CONTOUR series of point source loudspeakers has graced the world‘s stages for more than ten years now. Excellent audio performance, smart handling, roadworthy ruggedness, the near legendary reputation for made-in-Germany quality: all this made CONTOUR what it still is today – the first choice for discerning professionals.
Now the new CONTOUR X series has arrived to carry this grand tradition over to the next generation. Brimming with new features and sophisticated components, it incorporates state-of-the-art advances in audio and the wishes and ideas that experienced users have shared with us.
Audio Performance
Developed to deliver the finest in full range performance at very high useful sound pressure levels, the new CONTOUR X line of point-source speakers renders vocals and speech with rich detail and remarkable authenticity.
CONTOUR X cabinets feature the latest generation of professional high performance speakers. With very high power handling and efficiency ratings, they serve up dynamic yet homogeneous sound at all volume levels, underpinned by extraordinarily low-ranging bass response. That is exactly what makes them such exceptionally effective full range solutions.
Custom developed and fine-tuned to CONTOUR X cabinets’ specifications using the BEM (Boundary Element Method), the high-frequency horn rotates 90 degrees. Engineers went to great lengths to achieve ultra-precise directivity, minimize distortion, and optimize high and low frequencies’ time alignment.
These specialists devoted no less effort to designing and painstakingly tuning the passive crossovers, which have a 24 dB slope. Woofers, crossovers, state-of-the-art HF drivers, HF horns with near-perfect directivity – all this comes together to render even the finest musical details with awesome articulacy.
The passive filtering irons out any kinks to deliver very smooth frequency and phase response. This feature lends all CONTOUR X models a hugely practical advantage: They deliver top-drawer professional sound right out of the box, even without an outboard external controller and with practically any power amp.
Lake Processing (Lab.Gruppen) and Armonia Pro Audio Suite (Powersoft) filter sets are available for all CONTOUR X models. They add a finishing touch to the CONTOUR X series’ already outstanding audio performance.
The CONTOUR X series’ state-of-the-art sound and performance is the answer to increasingly demanding real-world requirements. Highly efficient and versatile, these speakers are the tools serious users need to tackle the ever-changing challenges of sound reinforcement.
Mechanics
The new CONTOUR X series’ rugged housings are built to hold up under years of hard use ‘on the road’.
Crafted with trademark HK Audio care in our St. Wendel joinery, these touring-tried and road-tested birch multiplex cabinets are sealed with a resilient PU coating. A steel grille with an anticorrosive coating protects the speakers from harm. That combination makes for a very tough enclosure indeed.
These housings rolled off a brand-new production with a fetching modern design and generously rounded edges that set them apart from the predecessor models.
The new look is more than merely cosmetic. We shaped and reshaped the housing, testing and retesting each iteration to optimize its lines for monitoring applications.
All CONTOUR X speakers come with effective protection against dirt and moisture. The Speakon ports are sealed with rubber caps.
All mounting and rigging points are backed by steel plates or brackets installed inside the housing. This distributes the loads over a larger area and reinforces the enclosure.
Flexibility
The richly appointed CONTOUR X series comes with a wealth of smart features, each designed to make this line an exceptionally versatile set of sound reinforcement tools.
The CX 12 and CX 15 may be angled up in two positions, so deploying them as wedge monitors on stages large and small is an exercise in convenience. Patching the signal through in monitor setups is just as effortless with the easy-access Speakon NL4 ports on the bottom and top panels. Simply connect short cables to the downwards facing ports. If you wish to use fewer speaker cables and want a tidier stage, you can even route two power amp signals via one NL4 line and use the Pin Assignment switch to assign the speaker to one of the signal busses.
The HF horns rotate 90 degrees, so you can adjust the CONTOUR X speakers’ throw pattern to suit any application.
All CONTOUR X models may be set up, installed and flown in every conceivable way. Designed for utmost convenience, they do not require proprietary accessories for standard scenarios. The patented DuoTilt speaker mount, for example, lets you aim the speaker at -3° or -7° angles on a regular speaker stand.
We carried the same no-muss-no-fuss concept over to the speakers’ voicing: An external controller is helpful, but you do not necessarily need it to get great audio results.
All CONTOUR X models are equipped with lots of rigging points and an Aeroquip safety point. The TB-XQ bracket’s width is adjustable, so it can serve to fly the CX 12 and the CX 15. It attaches in the conventional way with bolts, but you can also use quick-release pins when time is tight and you are in hurry to set up and tear down.
Economical
The CONTOUR X series is not just versatile...
With its smart set of handy features, it is also remarkably economical.
CONTOUR X models are powerful sound reinforcement tools designed from the bottom up to be part of a larger toolset in the HK AUDIO rental portfolio. That means the power amp racks, software and C SUB series subwoofers are all a perfect match and seamless fit for both CONTOUR X cabinets and the COSMO line arrays. This saves you money, training time and storage space.
Select hardware accessories fit several CONTOUR X models. For instance, the rigging frame fits both the CX 12 and CX 15. Its width adjusts to accommodate both models, which saves on up-front costs and simplifies handling.
Crafted of the finest materials with premium-quality made-in-St. Wendel workmanship, CONTOUR X speakers are to last and last while retaining their value for many tomorrows to come.
Speech reinforcement, stage monitoring, club PA, side-fill, front-fill – CONTOUR X does all this and more in style. With so much going for it, CONTOUR X is sure to serve you well at practically any event.
CONTOUR CX 210 LT
CX 210 LT is a long-throw point-source loudspeaker that fulfils the highest demands in terms of workmanship, sound quality and sound pressure. It complements the CONTOUR X series with a flexible and particularly powerful sound reinforcement tool as a mid/high unit of a main PA, frontfill, sidefill or outfill.
The large horn with MCT (Multicell Transformer), which can be rotated for cluster operation, offers very precise dispersion and even and defined coverage of the area to be sounded. The high-quality, passive 24dB/oct. crossover saves power amplifier channels and enables use even without a suitable DSP filter. High-strength birch multiplex with a resistant PU coating makes the cabinet robust and suitable for daily use on the road. The integrated ICF (Integrated Cluster and Flyware) mechanism allows cluster setups in no time at all without additional cluster and flying hardware. With the optional CRX-210 tilt rail, the CX 201 LT can be flown single or with up to four CONTOUR X 210 LTs in a horizontal array at any angle. Filter presets for Lab.Gruppen and Powersoft offer acoustically ideal tuning of the speakers for clusters of 1 to 4 or in combination with CONTOUR or COSMO systems.
CONTOUR X CX 8
CONTOUR X CX 12
