The price difference in LED products is unreal. It’s hit or miss on many products. I spent $1,000 on some LEDs that a band wanted to place inside their kick drums. The effect didn’t work and money was wasted. But then I spent a hundred bucks lining a marching bass drum with some LED tape running from a battery in the musician’s pocket, and it worked great. I’m looking at a site now from a company called Jam Star. They have an RGB version of a PAR, like many others out there. It has no optics, just a clear lens to protect about 80 LEDs. It’s made of steel, no fancy aluminum or plastic, but they sell for $200, less than many light bulbs. I’m thinking of what I can do with some pods full of these lights. Would I rather buy 42 of these or one Elation Impression, with a list price of $8,500? Hmmm…not sure.
—Nook Schoenfeld, from “LD at Large,” PLSN, Oct. 2008
