I had literally the exact opposite experience when swapping mine out. Both the incandescent and halogen replacements resulted in a _way_ better quality of light

I had literally the exact opposite experience when swapping mine out. Both the incandescent and halogen replacements resulted in a _way_ better quality of lighting. And these were just like "first ones off the shelf" from the Home Depot or something- I'm not exactly sure it was maybe 10 years ago. But I vividly remember thinking how much better the lighting quality was, and I had far more options in terms of color temp, which was great.