Bring back the blue VU meters

ROSE Products RS150 & RS150B
#11

While everyone’s comments have merit the true fact here is you CAN NOT patent a color. Simply by removing the name Macintosh removes all liability because the average consumer can no longer be confused between the two brands of Hifi Rose and Macintosh. I am very certain Hifi Rose received a demand letter requesting the name be removed due to the potential for product confusion no matter how small a chance that maybe. Macintosh is not so amateur that they would demand a color be removed from a menu of choices. The “Macintosh,” blue style meters prevail on many devices they are most certainly NOT referred to as Macintosh blue unless, well if they are on a Macintosh unit.

There is no reason these VU meters can’t be returned as long as Macintosh is nowhere to be found within the ROSE software / interface, so the reason to holding them back is confounding at best but such is life.

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#12

Hear hear! Well said.

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#13

Purchase a McIntosh Amp or Pre-amp and you have what you are all bitching about.

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#14

No, you are obviously missing the point. We are talking about removing a color from a product that was there when I purchased the 150b over 2 years ago. I have no interest in Mcintosh products.

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#15

Are you going to pay Rose’s legal fees as well?

#16

All you have to do is not call it mcintosh blue fool. Nobody can patent a color. If that was the case then nobody could paint their car white. Every car manufacturer has a plain white color car in their history, and I don’t see them suing each other over that unless you specifically mention somebodys trademark name. Just don’t mention a brand name… case closed !

#17

Since you’re obviously smarter, by half, than all of us here, surely you can just hack the VU App’s resources and change thee color to anything you want.

Might translate the letter from McIntosh lawyers into plain language us peasants can understand, while you’re at it.

#18

fortunately I didn’t buy a Rs150b for these frills but only for its audio qualities

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#19

Undoubtedly the mistake was calling it McIntosh blue.

Whoever came up with that idea within Rose HiFi deserves a genius award.

#20

Colors can be trademarked, although they don’t always hold up in legal challenges. But sometimes they do. It turns out blue (in various shades) makes up the highest percentage of color trademarks (18%). I think, though, in the case Rose might have gotten away with it if they just called it blue. Too late now. If they made a set of RGB selectors to let owners do what they want, that would get them out of any potential liability.

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#21

Yes, multi color LED light bulbs also use this method.

#22

Yea, I got passlabs gear thats got a big blue meter and a volume number read out thats blue. (Wonder why they can get away with it?).

#23

“Yea, I got passlabs gear thats got a big blue meter and a volume number read out thats blue. (Wonder why they can get away with it?).”

–Because they are didn’t name their color after a registered trademark brand name like Mcintosh, blue is blue and colors can not be patented but the name Mcintosh is a trademark name and if used in conduction with a feature or selection that is not part of the brand name Mcintosh in can lead to consumer confusion. Once the name Mcintosh was removed the color certainly can be added back in as a choice and simply called “blue.”

#24

Possibly not. Suits have been filed by large companies against people for simply using a color without identifying it by the trademark name - simply the use of “a color”. Most of these suits get thrown out of court, but not all. It’s an interesting study of… let’s call it legal subtlety. Or you could call it something else. :smile:

#25

The problem could be solved in a simple way: change the Vu color setting on the menu, instead of determining a unique color as it is now, implement the color bar as is done in common RGB LED lamps…no one will be able to say Nothing :grinning:

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Custom colored VU meters
#26

Smart idea, I like that!

#27

Ignore that Boris guy - he’s paid by Rose :point_up_2:t2::point_up_2:t2::point_up_2:t2:

#28

Why are you still here, moron?

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#29

Great idea- a colour wheel is the answer.

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#30

If going with a wheel, I’d recommend having the corresponding R,G,B values displayed below the wheel. That way if you want an exact color you’ll at least have a way of knowing that.

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