Submitted by Somegeezer t3_z8oy8g in MechanicalKeyboards
Catch_022 t1_iyco4gs wrote
Reply to comment by Somegeezer in New Keyboard Day. My First Mech. [Royal Kludge RK918] by Somegeezer
No worries, each to their own.
My experience of tactile is redragon browns which are pretty budget and I find them unsatisfying to use, my Outemu blues are much nicer because they are crisp and give you a loud click. I much prefer the reds in my rk71. I have just ordered a board with gateron yellow pros and one with akko pinks.
It's pretty simple, you open up the case and put foam in there to reduce the echo (you can just use packing foam), then you apply a few layers (I did 3) of painters tape to the back of the PCB and then screw it all back together.
The idea is that it reduces echoes and helps the acoustics, especially for empty plastic cases.
It is an easy and cheap mod to do, I did it on all my boards. You can easily just take the foam and tape out if you don't like it.
Somegeezer OP t1_iycokyd wrote
I don't hear a whole lot of echo. But don't have much to compare to, either. Just the occasional spring pinging away when I hit a key in a certain way. and even then, the click far overpowers it. Might be one of those things I'd notice more when the sound gets taken away. =D
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