Purchase a McIntosh Amp or Pre-amp and you have what you are all bitching about.
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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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Are you going to pay Rose’s legal fees as well?
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 !
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.
fortunately I didn’t buy a Rs150b for these frills but only for its audio qualities
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Undoubtedly the mistake was calling it McIntosh blue.
Whoever came up with that idea within Rose HiFi deserves a genius award.
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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Yes, multi color LED light bulbs also use this method.
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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?).
“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.”
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. 
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 
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Smart idea, I like that!
Ignore that Boris guy - he’s paid by Rose 
Why are you still here, moron?
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Great idea- a colour wheel is the answer.
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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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To be honest, the colour of the meters, even the meters themselves are to me just eye candy. I’d much prefer that Rose focussed on product reliability. I’m hearing too many reports of problems. I have a 150b now out of warranty and every time I turn it on, I’m more than a little anxious as to what might happen.
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The fact is, we still have yellow VU that can be associated with Luxman or Accuphase products.
So having blue collor has nothing to do with McIntosh as long the VU meters design are not the same.
If they did copyright them, then some simmiar collor with a different shape can be put there.
The simples way is to have 2 configs: 1. to choose VU design and 2. to choose a color. Or some preset with possibilities to change).
I would rather be focused on sonical improvements rather unecesarry UI features. The mobile app need improvements, etc…
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