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<p>Most technology based categories of products do not tolerate or encourage art and individuality. *Rather, they reward sameness and polish of existing art. *Take computers, for example. *The art in computers can be found in their packaging and peripherals but rarely in their performance. *Yes we can have faster, slicker, more efficient but they all better do exactly the same thing or they wouldn’t make it past first base. *Let’s put this observation in musical terms.</p>
<p>Most technological products resemble classical music more than jazz. *In classical music perfection to the original score is highly prized. *The art in classical music comes not from playing different notes than the original score, no, that is strictly verboten, but rather from slight variations from perfect. *Jazz, on the other hand, rewards different notes and recoils at sameness. *Jazz rewards mistakes in playing the instrument as long as those mistakes are in service of new*emotion, new art, coaxed out of the artist’s soul. *Hit a wrong note in classical and people wince; perfection first and once achieved, let the art begin. *Hit a wrong note in jazz and we tolerate waiting for the soul to emerge; to heck with the notes.</p>
<p>High-end audio design is more like jazz than classical. *I like that. *It’s one of the few technologically based categories that rewards art over perfection. *The mavericks in this industry are some of the most creative and artful people I know. *More like musicians than engineers, high-end audio designers have soul.</p>
<p>Sure, as designers we want perfection, but not at the expense of art.</p>
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<p>Most technological products resemble classical music more than jazz. *In classical music perfection to the original score is highly prized. *The art in classical music comes not from playing different notes than the original score, no, that is strictly verboten, but rather from slight variations from perfect. *Jazz, on the other hand, rewards different notes and recoils at sameness. *Jazz rewards mistakes in playing the instrument as long as those mistakes are in service of new*emotion, new art, coaxed out of the artist’s soul. *Hit a wrong note in classical and people wince; perfection first and once achieved, let the art begin. *Hit a wrong note in jazz and we tolerate waiting for the soul to emerge; to heck with the notes.</p>
<p>High-end audio design is more like jazz than classical. *I like that. *It’s one of the few technologically based categories that rewards art over perfection. *The mavericks in this industry are some of the most creative and artful people I know. *More like musicians than engineers, high-end audio designers have soul.</p>
<p>Sure, as designers we want perfection, but not at the expense of art.</p>
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[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/expensive-art/12821/]