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
Three Model Ms: $120 total WhiteFox: $170 Varmilo VB87M: $130 Planck: $175 Noppoo Choc Mini: $80 Pok3r: $120 TADA 68: $90 KBParadise V80: $130
That's what I have on hand. Total is $1015. It's been not quite two years since I found Massdrop and started buying keyboards again.
Waiting (patiently, or, at least, as patiently as I can): Kishsaver 77: $400 XD50/XD64: $180
That takes me up to $1595. That's pretty close to what I expected and represents only the stuff I could scrape together the money for, not what I wanted.