I recently picked up a Filco majestouch2 with brown switches for work since I liked my Leopold brown so much. Unfortunately, the keyboard makes a really loud metallic ringing when typing - even not bottoming out still produces a pretty noticeable echo-y ring. It's especially noticeable since I work in an office environment. My Leopold doesn't make nearly this much of a clang and it's really getting on my nerves. It's too bad since I like the feel of the Filco's more than the Leopold.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to dampen the ringing? I just ordered some of the soft landing pads from EK, but I'm not sure how well that will work.
Thanks!

i think its calling pinging

!ping me

67 ms

not bad

Welcome to GeekHack.

Have you tried your Leopold over the same office?

Yea that happened to me with the majestouch 1 version of the same board before...I hated that sound and sold it.

Nope, as I said this affects the MJ1's with browns too.

I have not experienced the issue with my MJ1 (previously with blues, then modded to clears) or my MJ2 with reds.

Might just be the tenkeyless' with browns then.

I noticed it in general whilst typing when I owned one. Happened with pretty much all the keys.

I've found Amazon to be very good with accepting returns. It's worth a shot.

The key is crying a lot. No one likes to hear a grown man cry.

[video=youtube;mWQlad_rVZY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQlad_rVZY[/video]

On my gen 1(I think) Filco tenkeyless with browns I can hear a slight ping when I slam down on some of the keys, but I never hear it during normal use.

I think it's coming from the metal plate. It sounds like a small gong.

It's a general sound. With some keys it is less noticeable, but they all produce a ring.

Based on all the responses so far I'm not sure if this defect is just random, or the people who say they haven't heard it have a lot of background noise.

Do you guys think Amazon would accept a return?

They will, certainly. You'll just lose the shipping cost on return (which will probably come out around 7 bucks if you're in the US).

BTW, the noise is from the key upstroke/return. It is loudest when you press a key down fully, then release it quickly (so it returns at full force). My Daskeyboard didn't have that problem on any of the keys, at least to the point that I could reliably hear it. The Filco was quite loud by comparison, I could hear it with a set of studio monitors on if I let the key go quickly.

They will, certainly. You'll just lose the shipping cost on return (which will probably come out around 7 bucks if you're in the US).

BTW, the noise is from the key upstroke/return. It is loudest when you press a key down fully, then release it quickly (so it returns at full force). My Daskeyboard didn't have that problem on any of the keys, at least to the point that I could reliably hear it. The Filco was quite loud by comparison, I could hear it with a set of studio monitors on if I let the key go quickly.

Yeah that is exactly what's happening - the ringing only really happens on the release. I'm not sure if I should risk ordering another MJ2 since it seems like the ringing varies from keyboard to keyboard based on how well each one was put together. Makes me sad .

Afaik brown switches are ringing when the switch is not tightly fitted when soldered.

Is just matter of melting the soldering points while pushing the switch.

Something like 10 seconds of work per switches.

 
Seriously, WTF?

You are a master of wildass theories.

 unlike you I'm used to open my mouth when I've something of intelligent to say.

in this case is not theory, simply I've tried.

You may use a head phone and listen to your favorite bands during typing.

My Leo with blues also rings, but unlike some of you OCD types, I actually like the sound.  Somewhat therapeutic.

[video=youtube;8QApvw2c8NQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QApvw2c8NQ[/video]

You're crazy

Those are built at the Helen Keller School Of Soldering.

 
Hahaha, Where no fanboy has gone before :pound:


More or less all industrial plate mounted keyboards are affected, try to find a ringing keyboard when the switches are swapped and carefully soldered by an hobbyist.

To the OP.

 Before sending the keyboard back or trying to resolder the pinging switches I'd try putting it on a Super XXL mousemat or rubber mesh drawer liner.

 You'd be amazed how the acoustics of what's underneath the keyboard can change things.

Yes it works.

The hard part is just explaining to the mousemat to dampen the sound of just two or three keys...:smokin:

So any solution to this?

My MJ2 with Reds has the "ping" noise on the home and left arrow key.

No big but I'd just like to fix it if possible.

Can someone make an audio recording of what this pinging sound is?

Oh man I should've done that. Too late now, I already sent back my MJ2.

Can anyone else who notices this ring upload a recording? I don't notice it on my MJ2 and maybe it's because it isn't there or I hear it and am assuming it is suppose to sound like that.  I just want to make sure I don't have that issue on my keyboard.

Now I opened up the filco keypuller that came with the keyboard and its dirty. I guess that means I cant send the keyboard back?

i am in the uk...i just opened up the filco key puller to have a look at it...I havent changed any keys or anything. But theres this one key on my ninja keyboard and it PINGS like a goddamn cashier till or something. Not sure what to do...