Actually, I think it’s you who are missing ‘the point’ all of us are trying to make. We’re not saying that “we want low CRI” or “we don’t want high CRI” but that is what you keep responding to. Look at your quoted text here. You’re implying that I said I prefer low CRI 3600k and/or 5000k over high CRI 3600k and/or 5000k respectively. What I said wasn’t anywhere near that. I said that low CRI 3600k does a noticeably better job of showing objects than low CRI 5000k. I would also believe that high CRI 3600k most likely does a better job showing objects than high CRI 5000k.
What I, and others, are saying here is that CRI is not a priority, meaning we could take it or leave it. Of course high CRI is a nice addition. We keep saying that over and over. We’re just saying that color temp and tint make such a huge noticeable difference that they MUST become priorities to anyone with a preference. But, CRI is something we could “live without” if it just happens to not be available, because the impact on our usage and enjoyment of the light is low. We know it’s an independent variable. It happens to be a variable that doesn’t affect us much, compared to the other variables.