The switches sound good both before and after lube. They sounds great and where super easy to install. If you plan on lubing your switches these are a great choice as they do not have the smoothest typing experience right out of the box. The only other problem I have with them is that they come in batches of 35. I was building a TKL board which meant I had to buy 3 batches of them. With all of the other boards I have build I usualy only needed to purchase 2. Overall a great switch.
Been having other switches in the market, these linear and tactile switches are above the average in terms of comfort and sound. Moondrop is well known in the audiophile community because of their IEMs and headphones, so it's not suprise that these 5-pin switches will sound great (even withouth manual lubbing). Only thing I don't like (being picky) is that you can't buy a larger pack with more switches and the waifu inclided is just a paper. Anyway, I strongly recommend these switches to anyone looking for easy-to-press switches and good sound out of the box.
My favorite is still Boba U4T, but these Tactile Tessence are nice. The tactile bump seems a little softer but longer. They sound a little deeper than U4T on my BFO-9000.
Out of the box both the Lunalight & Tessence have very little if any wobble in the casing and feel really smooth off rip so the need to mod/film seems negligible. The Lunalight feel very nice, smooth and creamy. I paired them with the barebones Weebkeys board available on this site on the bounce/flexy nature of this bored with these switches perfectly.
I was so surprised with these moondrop tessence. They have the perfect amount of tacitly for long typing sessions. I switched my basic cherry switches to these and I improved my typing speed while not tiring out my fingers after long use. Highly recommend these switches