Does your system have jump?

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

Mt10425, I believe the elitist attitude started with you when you made your first unqualified and rather smug post above.

That somehow no matter what kind of system (whether it be in an elevator or transistor radio) one listens to it's the music that has the jump. You are certainly free to think silly thoughts, but your first post above would seem to be far outside the intended realm of the original poster.

-IMO

Mt10425, I saw your first post as smug. If that was not your intention, I am sorry for misinterpreting.

But labeling a statement you made as silly is not a personal attack.

Just like if we were conversing in person and I told you you had a booger hanging out of your nose does not necessarily translate to a personal attack either. Or does it?

As for Rsbeck, that's a whole nuther story. The man pops up in every cable thread attempting to sound like some cable authority. Yet, by his own admission, he cannot tell any sonic differences between cables. Go figure.

I don't go looking for him, but if he pops up in a thread I've participated in, rather than engage in meaningful monologue, I now simply ask him what his personal experience is. And of course he never responds to the question. Except in the third person and hypothetically.

-IMO (I'm just as entitled as the next guy to be wrong)

Mt10425, Elizabeth is correct as I did jump on you. I am sorry for that.

Thanks for your kind words and for not responding in like manner.

As for defining 'jump', Philjolet seems pretty accurate and I think I stated something like that in my previous post above.

I would define 'jump' as having everything to do with the macro-dynmaic reproduction of music, but with some serious weight behind the punches.

-IMO