Fair point. I am currently dealing with this same internal struggle. My whole setup shines like the sun's arsehole and it would be kind of weird if my keyboard didn't do the same.

I have to agree on this point. However, the chassis and the plate will be taking on and increasing the sound the switch makes, as well as adding their own sounds. So I do see the speaker reference here. The switch casings are also touching the plate with hundreds of contact points, practically one with it.

In that retrospect, thinner and cheaper switch casings would actually have quite the impact on changing the overall board acoustics, if I'm guessing correctly. The rest of the switch would just affect the feel, apart from the presence of a tactile bump.

I'm going for the exact same switches to start! My friend really wants a bit of tactile feedback without the crazy click of MX Blues, so I pointed out the Akko Ocean Blues and Lavender Purples.

Have you seen the Feker x Matcha switches? I was thinking of those as well, but I haven't looked into Feker as much as I have Akko and other brands. Might be my next spreadsheet.

Absolutely, and we've talked over this. Chassis also play a big part in sound, possibly one of the bigger parts, and I've already talked about that with him. He knows that if he finds something he likes board-wise, research the crap out of it and it's modding options.

I just don't think he was prepared for the sheer amount of switches. He was dead set on MX Blues for tactility, but one try of my MX Blue keyboard and the noise was not to his liking. I made this with gram force added at a glance, so that when his switch sampler comes in he can start gauging roughly what he wants.

Man, that keyboard rocks.