A simple test would be to try reading a newspaper under those lights alone at night.

We had Seagull in last house. It was fine, we never would have changed it. It was hot--we had the xenon bulbs. We are doing the led tape lights from Maxim STarstrand this time--You can buy the strips in 1' segments, up to maybe 5'. They can be attached to each other. You need to go to your local lighting store and see what's out there. We are doing lighting in the glass cabinets and this is also another reason we are not doing the Seagull. They are bigger in size than the tape and we need something relatively flat in our situation, I have glass on the sides of the cabinets as well so they have to be fairly hidden. I think your guy is just used to Seagull, and he might not want to branch out. Go to the store, a good lighting store. Here is a link that might be useful: maxim starstrand

Here's a shot of our kitchen. The recessed cans are MR16 50W Halogen. They have a color temperature of about 3000 degrees. The undercab lights are LED and have a color temp of about 6500 degrees which is why they appear to be much more blue. Probably too blue for most. We like the look of the higher color temp with our cabs, backsplash and countertop. It also feels like the light is much brighter. Just as a point of reference, incandescent lamps have a color temp of about 2600K. Halogen is about 3000K The difference of a few hundred degrees of color temp won't be all that noticable unless the lamps are next to each other. I would, though, consider what effect the 2700K lamps will have on your white marble countertops.

I live in the desert in SoCal and i discovered a flock of seagulls flying over my house and today was a few vultures..