If you get a chance, link those. I'd like to see them.
With the dimmable RGB, they are pretty tweakable, as far as creating different CCTs. You can make CW, NW and WW with just the 3 colors, but only as far as human vision goes.
I'd never speak so highly of whites if they didn't work for me as good as they did. I like them, they make my work worth doing.
I'm happy that there's other points of view and schools of thought.
If everyone thought the same and did the same thing, life would suck.
Diversity makes life interesting.
For the record, though it's no secret, I'm not doing 100% white, it's white+red. Similar to what Apache Tech is doing. They use 1w Cree, 6100k + 630nm, whereas I use 5w Cree 4000k and 2w Cree 630nm.
I'm working on an all white, just trying to determine what is the best Kelvin for veg and flowering, and Kelvins are only a representation on what we see, not the overall spectrum. Though, standard blue+phosphor Cree, 3500-4500k, somewhere in there is the number I'm after. Other LEDs, it could vary some, 3000-5000k. They aren't all the same.
Any word on Vipar's "Bridgelux" or "Epiled" parts numbers? I emailed them, and got the same answer you did, and I specifically asked for parts numbers. I don't want to ruffle his feathers too much, I asked, and got what he wants to tell, I'm leaving it at that.