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What kind of rooms are you lighting up? I like LED strips enough to use them as a main light source a lot of the time, but if you really want to make a room "pop" you still need floor lamps, recessed lights, hanging, and wall lights to highlight/accent certain things and make a cozy atmosphere for guests.

For longer runs, like along all the undercabinet + above cabinet spaces in a large kitchen, I just run the jumpers as 120V and put the transformer/drivers somewhere hidden at the start of each segment, so if I have 3 segments I prefer to have 3 separate drivers all controlled by the same switch.

Have you tried COB strips? They largely get rid of the need for diffusers if the goal is to simply not see dots. Diffusers are still useful if you want to change the "texture" of the light.