Do you have a Manley phono preamp, preamplifier, integrated amplifier, or power amplifier? Are you annoyed with front panel lights that are as bright as the sun? Just kidding, only as bright as the Las Vegas Strip at midnight. I'm talking about the front panel Manley logo and power button that are at least ten times as bright as the panel lights on any other piece of electronic gear I own.
This is how I fixed it. For the Manley logo window, I cut to size two pieces of white printer paper and slid them into the tiny space between the logo plastic and the case sheet metal. For the power button, I used an appropriate size hole punch to make a round dot out of black electrical tape, and stuck that in the middle of the button. There was still a lot of light emanating from the top of the case through the vent holes. This one is just a little harder. The case cover has to be unscrewed and removed. I found a junk piece of black plastic and cut it to carefully fit it over the light bulbs so that it would not disturb anything but still stay in place.
Problem solved. Nothing does any permanent damage, and can easily be removed. This is the after photo. Sorry I didn't take a before photo for comparison. But trust me, now the intensity is much better and matches my other components.
This is how I fixed it. For the Manley logo window, I cut to size two pieces of white printer paper and slid them into the tiny space between the logo plastic and the case sheet metal. For the power button, I used an appropriate size hole punch to make a round dot out of black electrical tape, and stuck that in the middle of the button. There was still a lot of light emanating from the top of the case through the vent holes. This one is just a little harder. The case cover has to be unscrewed and removed. I found a junk piece of black plastic and cut it to carefully fit it over the light bulbs so that it would not disturb anything but still stay in place.
Problem solved. Nothing does any permanent damage, and can easily be removed. This is the after photo. Sorry I didn't take a before photo for comparison. But trust me, now the intensity is much better and matches my other components.
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You could have put LEDs, though now it seems dim ones are hard to find, the ones sold all seem too bright.
