Does your system have jump?


PRAT, slam, musicality, attack, decay. All that is good but does your system have jump? Does it get up and go and take you with it? I think I've found a nice equilibrium again after some dramatic system changes. Nothing is ever as fast as real life. I thought tubes could not do instantaneous but with the way I have things set up, I think it was, as I suspected, in the preamp (a long journey may have now ended for me).
I went from VTL to SFL to Krell to Rowland to CJ to Spectral to CAT to BAT to Pass to Wavac to Ayre to to ML back to BAT and now I am home with Aesthetix. Which components seem to have delivered the largest return on jump for you?
classicjazz
Ever since the Eidolons (used) arrived. Finally speakers that boogie at low volume as well as all other volumes.

I'd be interested in hearing about your journey to jump. Likes and dislikes of the components you mentioned.
Yes, my system has jump.

Although proper vibration control, line conditioning, cabling, and decent or better full range speakers contribute significantly to the quality of 'jump', none of these improvements, even as a collective whole compare to the overall 'jump' factor provided by my amplifier and its associated dedicated line.

The dedicated line is essential because without it, the dynamics flatten, even at lower volumes.

Personally, I think it would be rather silly to say the music has jump. Especially in light of the fact that the topic of this thread is about equipment providing the 'jump' factor, thus implying (and rightfully so) that some systems don't.

I would think anybody who's around a while, would have already realized that the vast majority of systems out there ain't got no 'jump', PR&T, absolute bass control, and/or macro-dynamics worth mentioning.

-IMO
Good afternoon Stehno-
Silly or not, it's still the music. It really doesn't matter what you hear it through (sometimes I forget about equipment elitists). Do your toes tap "only' in front of "special" systems or can you chair-dance while driving down the road? And, like much of audio, "jump" is subjective. Do I think my system has "jump"? Sure. Do you think my system has "jump"? Maybe not. Do I care?