You swap a warm old incandescent for a shiny new LED, turn the dimmer down for dinner, and the room starts to hum or pulse. It's a familiar letdown, and it usually has nothing to do with a faulty bulb ...
Cree's new candelabra LED is plenty bright, and it casts clean-looking light in all directions (including down). Use it to replace a comparable incandescent bulb, and you'll earn your money back in ...