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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
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philjolet
2,305 posts
 
Audio Note speakers which are designed to sit in the corners and the dynamics are terrific. This is what I have been looking for all along...
vicdamone
850 posts
 
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.
beavis
272 posts
 
Turn the volume level down.
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
if it's dynamics that you're seeking, then go with horns
stehno
1,453 posts
 
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
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