But I would also like to mention the Goebel Lacorde Statement Jumpers, which are configured with a banana plug at one end and a spade at the other. Besides providing a better resolution they also add a bit more pressure to the bass, especially when the speaker cable is connected to the woofers and the jumpers are used to connect to the bending wave unit. But this was to be considered as a temporary solution only. Since I didn’t have to chase after the last dram of low frequency energy anymore due to having executed other improvements like placing the Aeon on Harmonix BeauTone Million instead of the original feet, we tried the usual connection variant: One pole of the cable is connected to the negative binding post of the woofer unit, the other pole to the positive post of the bending wave driver. The intermediary connection is then made by means of the Jumpers: The two sections are thus treated equally, thus the overall performance appearing to be more coherent and rounded off. The differences are indeed not huge, but the Epoque Aeon Fine distinctly reveals them. An absolutely accurate tool to work with!

But still a little too much energy in the presence range prevented us from enjoying the speakers to their maximum potential. Finally, Oliver Goebel suggested to opt for a minimal adjustment to this area in order to compensate for a peculiarity of my listening room: If you move from the listening position towards the beginning of the sloping roof, the sound changes as soon as you step to and fro behind the speakers: The degree of reverberation increases, the tonal balance tips a little bit over into more brightness. Since the bending wave driver also radiates energy to the rear, the corresponding part of the room thus affects the overall sound. A considerable amount of the components used in the crossover is in charge of linearizing the bending wave transducer, whose frequency range extends from 160 to 31,000 Hertz. Therefore it’s possible to attenuate the presence range by about one decibel. Oliver Goebel installed a Duelund resistor as a temporary measure and the result was convincing – at least to me, but not to the perfectionist from Alling. About a week later, he replaced the single resistor with two Duelund resistors connected in parallel to account for the same value. In the end it’s supposed to sound better that way. An even more important section of the crossover actually featured three of these high-priced resistors in parallel connection. I presume this particularity reveals more about the Aeon and its designer than a photo of the whole crossover that we unfortunately cannot show.