A vote for amber LED lights on components over blue lights.

Hello millercarbon,

     I really don’t understand what all the fuss is about:
1. Didn’t they know the color of their equipment’s diodes prior to purchasing them?
2. Why are all these guys so sensitive to the color of their equipments’ diodes?
     The diodes in each of my monoblock amps and my sub amp are blue, my cc amp’s is green, my music file hard drive has friggin stack of 5 blinking green diode lights with a blue steady blue one underneath, my preamp’s is red and my universal a/v disc player’s is red when off and blue when on. I’ve never given their colors much thought. Although, now that I just did give the overall visual effect of my equipment’s diode color diversity a consideration, I kind of like it but still don’t give a hoot.
3. Nevertheless, if they just don’t like the color of their diodes, why don’t they just grab some pocket change and a screwdriver and fix the problem? How does yapping about it help?

     Anyhow, I’m regretting ever entering this little gripers den clubhouse. I’m thinking it’s best if we just slip back out, before the crying starts, and be on our way.

Later,
Tim

Depends on whether you mainly listen with the lights on or dark. If you listen with the lights on, blue LEDs are unlikely to bother you. If you listen in a darkened room, some blue LEDs can be bright enough to border on discomfort. It even has a term, discomfort glare. Blue light is the actual color that is primarily responsible for discomfort glare.

Most people are not inclined to take apart a piece of expensive equipment, to find a diode possibly buried on a static sensitive control board, desolder it (if they have the tools, could be SMT even), and then replace it, hoping all goes well.


Let's not forget that blue also suppresses melatonin causing higher alertness when you are perhaps targeting a more relaxed state.

Yeah Tim but by now you must know the level of this crowd. I'm surprised they aren't all "you need room lighting correction" and "hire a lighting consultant" and "can anyone recommend a professional in the Phoenix area to come set up the lighting in my room?" 

Big deal about nothing. I have 2 reds and one blue. I don't pay attention to them. 

Rich coming from someone who promotes cable elevators making a night and day difference.

Yeah Tim but by now you must know the level of this crowd. I'm surprised they aren't all "you need room lighting correction" and "hire a lighting consultant" and "can anyone recommend a professional in the Phoenix area to come set up the lighting in my room?"

The op has made a comment about what many, not just the odd person, but what many complain about. There are a ton of articles on the web addressing this. Manufacturers keep using blue because it is "cool" and blue is still considered "high tech", as opposed to boring RED LEDs which have been around since the 60s.