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
Material Quality: Finish: This is one of the nicest anodizing jobs I have seen on things without an apple logo. The color is closer to space grey than the ALT is, and the bead blasting finer grained. Very Smooth. Color wise it doesn't quite match the MacBook Pros from last year in space grey, but it doesn't have that slight blue-ish tone that the ALT does (perhaps having a touch more brown-is-ness than a MacBook). Regarding the stabilizers, I think I need some time playing with them, as one set is great, but the other two don't sound particularly nice.