New economy light bulbs v filiment bulbs

I find it incredibly selfish that some people would prefer to save the planet, rather than enjoy their hifi.

If it bothers you, stock up so more people are forced to buy the new ones sooner than they'd like to.

Get a grip!

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Originally posted by BKB:
Where does this leave us HiFi enthusiasts?

In the dark

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Originally posted by BKB:
I've read that these new economy bulbs (essentially a flourecent tube)have an effect upon HiFi quality if you have them in your house. Is this correct? The news yesterday indicated that filiment bulbs were to be phased out by the government to force people into using the economy type. Where does this leave us HiFi enthusiasts? Any comments?

In the dark?

Willy.

Barry Lyndon, a film by Stanley Kubrick, arguably his finest, was shot almost entirely with natural light sources. Mostly due to the cameras he used.

Candlelight was good enough for him...

Prior to Naim I owned an American built tube preamp and when I would change the volume control via remote it would not stop moving either up or down when I let go of the remote (you can imagine the problem when going up). I traded in the preamp rather quickly when that problem started.

I was later told that certain light bulbs can cause this problem. I was never able to test the theory because the preamp was long gone but it still annoys me to this day.

Hi BKB,

The newest economy bulbs are not bulbs, neither tubes but LED's.
This leaves us bathing in LED light with no negative effects as far as I know.
Have faith in technology

Philippe

I bought a small flash light at a hardware store that is LED. It is incredibly bright and focused.

I don't think they'll be able to stop production of regular bulbs.

LEDs are the answer... high effeciency, small, and no nasty RF interference to screw up our hifi. CFL's are really bad - crap light quality, slow to get up to full brighness, look naff and loads of RF.

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Originally posted by Wolf2:
I don't think they'll be able to stop production of regular bulbs.

It isn't a question of ability, but more so one of timing. It IS happening.

Similar to leaded gas in cars, low-flow toilets and CFCs in aerosols.

When first proposed it was thought we could never get along without them either.

CFL's are not all nasty. Same as hifi, you get what you pay for.

They do make VERY nice CFLs but they are ususlly +$10 per bulb. Unlike the mega savings packs that are 1/2 the price.

I must have about 12 of these CFL "energy saving" lamps they keep turning up in the post left on the door step. My main gripe is I don't like the light they produce.
They also have to have specialist disposal too, you shouldn't just bin them.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

[CFLs] also have to have specialist disposal too, you shouldn't just bin them.

Yes, they contain mercury. If one breaks in your home you need to take fairly strong measures to clean up (just short of calling in a haz-mat team ), not like just cleaning up a broken regular incandescent bulb.

Even if not broken, disposal is a concern because of the mercury and its harm to the environment, potentially more harmful than the increased consumption of energy due to incandescent bulbs.

I agree that LEDs seem to be the way to go.

All best,
Fred

Any of these new fangled light bulbs work with dimmer switches yet? The ones I've got don't. Surely quite a few people use dimmer switches. which have all been rendered useless by the low voltage bulbs.
Matt.

There are versions of CFLs, that work with dimmer switches.