Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
- Different Anodizing dye color was used for production than for the pictures above (Dye is expensive and they would have had to mix the dye themselves. If the factory got lazy, they probably just went with the straight blue dye and did not mix in any of the violet dye.)
- They didn't leave the parts in the dye bath long enough (Again,, probably to finish production faster they left parts in for 20min rather than the 40+min needed to get deep colors).
My major regret here is that they likely did put the parts in a sealer bath so its not like I can go and get some anodizing dye and fix it to be the color shown in the pictures. I think the only option now is to use some Dupli-Color EMC204007 Purple Metal Cast Anodized Color to give it the right tint.