Author Topic: [GB] ESPECTRO (Read 68849 times)

Chimera · « **Reply #50 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 14:16:51 »

Is the underglow built into the PCB or the case, or do we have to buy LEDs?

Koobaczech · « **Reply #51 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 15:20:43 »

Hey guys, been so busy with Pearl that had forgotten to chime in. Dave always makes excellent products and he doesn't fail to deliver on whatever he sells. He's sold just about any form factor out there. I helped design this board, and it was made with lots of love. Made sure the same aspects of Pearl went into it, such as slightly sunken in caps, very tight bezels and engravings in the rear side. Then Dave sleeked it up into something new and exciting. Glad to see it past halfway MOQ, its going to be a beautiful board once made!

HotRoderX · « **Reply #52 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37 »

I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?

JMD · « **Reply #53 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 17:10:40 »

Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37

I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?

No it will not. You will be shipped 2 plates. This is why I also added a secondary pcb option, to facilitate this. That way, you can have two different builds for one Espectro

captsis · « **Reply #54 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 19:36:10 »

What color plate comes with the board?

HotRoderX · « **Reply #55 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:39:54 »

Quote from: JMD on Tue, 27 February 2018, 17:10:40

Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37
I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?
No it will not. You will be shipped 2 plates. This is why I also added a secondary pcb option, to facilitate this. That way, you can have two different builds for one Espectro

Thanks what I was hoping to hear cause now thinking going to juggle things around. Build two plates 1 case so I can switch between Tactical and Linear switches when I want. Also I narrowed down what case I am going to get. I am just waiting on money now!!! Glad to see MOQ is doing so well thought. I am super hyped for this build and even more hyped knowing the designer of Pearl helped with it. I loved he 40% they did just yea.. 40% is not for me.

JMD · « **Reply #56 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:51:02 »

Quote from: captsis on Tue, 27 February 2018, 19:36:10

What color plate comes with the board?

Whatever color you choose for the case. It will match that.

Carlobv · « **Reply #57 on:** Tue, 27 February 2018, 22:27:24 »

do you have an idea of the weight of the brass vs standard plate?

if you get the extra pcb with the brass is it like a hot swap? like swap one pcb/plate for the other?

sorry if the last question seems silly - never built before.

MikeTheTiger · « **Reply #58 on:** Wed, 28 February 2018, 00:22:20 »

Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:39:54

Quote from: JMD on Tue, 27 February 2018, 17:10:40
Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37
I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?
No it will not. You will be shipped 2 plates. This is why I also added a secondary pcb option, to facilitate this. That way, you can have two different builds for one Espectro

Thanks what I was hoping to hear cause now thinking going to juggle things around. Build two plates 1 case so I can switch between Tactical and Linear switches when I want. Also I narrowed down what case I am going to get. I am just waiting on money now!!! Glad to see MOQ is doing so well thought. I am super hyped for this build and even more hyped knowing the designer of Pearl helped with it. I loved he 40% they did just yea.. 40% is not for me.

Where can I get some of those Tactical switches?

JMD · « **Reply #59 on:** Wed, 28 February 2018, 01:50:09 »

Espectro is now retailed by zFrontier - if you're from China, feel free to place your purchase with zFrontier.

D

HotRoderX · « **Reply #60 on:** Wed, 28 February 2018, 02:43:24 »

Quote from: MikeTheTiger on Wed, 28 February 2018, 00:22:20

Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:39:54
Quote from: JMD on Tue, 27 February 2018, 17:10:40
Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37
I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?
No it will not. You will be shipped 2 plates. This is why I also added a secondary pcb option, to facilitate this. That way, you can have two different builds for one Espectro

Thanks what I was hoping to hear cause now thinking going to juggle things around. Build two plates 1 case so I can switch between Tactical and Linear switches when I want. Also I narrowed down what case I am going to get. I am just waiting on money now!!! Glad to see MOQ is doing so well thought. I am super hyped for this build and even more hyped knowing the designer of Pearl helped with it. I loved he 40% they did just yea.. 40% is not for me.

Where can I get some of those Tactical switches?

I think Cherry Makes them.. yea Black.. Stems Black housing... can't get much more tactical... thought we could make the housing of the switch out of Kevlar maybe? Then we could add some silencing to them... o wait Cherry Silent Blacks... hmm! you know more thinking about this Cherry missed the boat.. could have totally marketed silent blacks as Tactical switches... charged a fortune

... but yea my bad! haha thinking want to go one PCB with Silent blacks and the other with Clear's. I had a set of clear's on a Pok3r and hated the board.. and ended up hating the switches so I kinda like to revisit them. Also I already have like 3 board's sporting box blacks so I wanted something different "chuckles"

captsis · « **Reply #61 on:** Wed, 28 February 2018, 04:06:30 »

Quote from: HotRoderX on Wed, 28 February 2018, 02:43:24

Quote from: MikeTheTiger on Wed, 28 February 2018, 00:22:20
Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 20:39:54
Quote from: JMD on Tue, 27 February 2018, 17:10:40
Quote from: HotRoderX on Tue, 27 February 2018, 16:08:37
I know its going to be asked is the optional brass plate a addon or replacement? If we order the brass plate will it replace the standard plate included?
No it will not. You will be shipped 2 plates. This is why I also added a secondary pcb option, to facilitate this. That way, you can have two different builds for one Espectro

Thanks what I was hoping to hear cause now thinking going to juggle things around. Build two plates 1 case so I can switch between Tactical and Linear switches when I want. Also I narrowed down what case I am going to get. I am just waiting on money now!!! Glad to see MOQ is doing so well thought. I am super hyped for this build and even more hyped knowing the designer of Pearl helped with it. I loved he 40% they did just yea.. 40% is not for me.

Where can I get some of those Tactical switches?

I think Cherry Makes them.. yea Black.. Stems Black housing... can't get much more tactical... thought we could make the housing of the switch out of Kevlar maybe? Then we could add some silencing to them... o wait Cherry Silent Blacks... hmm! you know more thinking about this Cherry missed the boat.. could have totally marketed silent blacks as Tactical switches... charged a fortune ... but yea my bad! haha thinking want to go one PCB with Silent blacks and the other with Clear's. I had a set of clear's on a Pok3r and hated the board.. and ended up hating the switches so I kinda like to revisit them. Also I already have like 3 board's sporting box blacks so I wanted something different "chuckles"

Hmm now you got me thinking about my switch choice. Either kailh jaids, hako trues, or -ealios. I've got a board with zealios and I love the switch. But this is such a nice board I might want to do something different. Sometimes I hate choices. There are so many of them!

MikeTheTiger · « **Reply #62 on:** Wed, 28 February 2018, 06:06:19 »

Quote from: JMD on Wed, 28 February 2018, 01:50:09

Espectro is now retailed by zFrontier - if you're from China, feel free to place your purchase with zFrontier.

D

Lol, Dave. When I get a day off this week I’m placing my order.

JMD · « **Reply #63 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 02:37:55 »

Quote from: MikeTheTiger on Wed, 28 February 2018, 06:06:19

Quote from: JMD on Wed, 28 February 2018, 01:50:09
Espectro is now retailed by zFrontier - if you're from China, feel free to place your purchase with zFrontier.

D

Lol, Dave. When I get a day off this week I’m placing my order.

No rush, we have 3 more weeks

JMD · « **Reply #64 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 02:44:18 »

Quote from: Carlobv on Tue, 27 February 2018, 22:27:24

do you have an idea of the weight of the brass vs standard plate?

if you get the extra pcb with the brass is it like a hot swap? like swap one pcb/plate for the other?

sorry if the last question seems silly - never built before.

I do not have the weight of the brass. And if you get the extra plate/pcb - it's not a hot swap, because you will have to unplug it from your desktop/laptop in order to unscrew the polycarb base, and the old pcb/plate before screwing in the new.

However, all you need is a philips head screw driver in order to screw it together, or disassemble.

captsis · « **Reply #65 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 14:45:02 »

Do you have a picture of the possible layouts? similar to this?

nuclear_wizard · « **Reply #66 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 15:20:54 »

I think I've bugged you about this at least twice before on the Reddit posts about this GB, but any update on whether or not we can mix plate and case colors? I think I would have already been sold on this if I could get that purple with cyan plate render on the sales page.

captsis · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 15:25:58 »

Quote from: nuclear_wizard on Thu, 01 March 2018, 15:20:54

I think I've bugged you about this at least twice before on the Reddit posts about this GB, but any update on whether or not we can mix plate and case colors? I think I would have already been sold on this if I could get that purple with cyan plate render on the sales page.

I concur

Carlobv · « **Reply #68 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 18:35:38 »

I also wanted to double check on the dimensions. You said they were on the site, but I can't find them - can you point me in the right direction?

JMD · « **Reply #69 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 18:48:15 »

Quote from: nuclear_wizard on Thu, 01 March 2018, 15:20:54

I think I've bugged you about this at least twice before on the Reddit posts about this GB, but any update on whether or not we can mix plate and case colors? I think I would have already been sold on this if I could get that purple with cyan plate render on the sales page.

I can do that for you, and anyone else. All I will need is a follow up email with the desired plate color so I can add it to the spreadsheet.

JMD · « **Reply #70 on:** Thu, 01 March 2018, 18:50:13 »

Quote from: Carlobv on Thu, 01 March 2018, 18:35:38

I also wanted to double check on the dimensions. You said they were on the site, but I can't find them - can you point me in the right direction?

My apologies - thought it had updated.

FRONT TO BACK - 138MM
LEFT TO RIGHT - 382 MM
TOP TO BOTTOM (VERTICALLY) 30 MM

JMD · « **Reply #71 on:** Fri, 02 March 2018, 03:42:11 »

Espectro Order Tracking. Please click this if you are interested in seeing what others have ordered - or if you have ordered, and want to make sure everything on the list is accurate. This list is updated daily, feel free to check back often.

https://tinyurl.com/yc588jmd

Surprise Giveaway. Once 50 orders are committed - someone's name will be drawn to win a KEYFORGE - LORD OF CINDER SHISHI.

Looking at Mechmarket - estimated resale / retail value is $350 USD.

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #72 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09 »

Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?

JMD · « **Reply #73 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:35:59 »

Quote from: long_qt_pie on Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09

Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?

Zealios will ship with the board yes. If you want a second plate / pcb just shoot a message and I will sort you out.

HotRoderX · « **Reply #74 on:** Sun, 04 March 2018, 15:07:47 »

Quote from: JMD on Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:35:59

Quote from: long_qt_pie on Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09
Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?
Zealios will ship with the board yes. If you want a second plate / pcb just shoot a message and I will sort you out.

How much would a second plate and pcb be? I am guessing fair bit cheaper then the brass? I am wanting a second plate Sadly i don't think I can get a brass plate =/..

Trousers · « **Reply #75 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 15:36:03 »

Quote from: JMD on Thu, 15 February 2018, 01:46:57

Quote from: Peppermint216 on Thu, 15 February 2018, 00:55:49
I'm sure you mentioned an EU proxy for this on Reddit?

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
I will be establishing that connection with David from mykeyboard.eu shortly - it's a bit late yes, but I am going to work on making that a reality!

Is there any possibility of this still happening?

JMD · « **Reply #76 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:15:11 »

Quote from: HotRoderX on Sun, 04 March 2018, 15:07:47

Quote from: JMD on Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:35:59
Quote from: long_qt_pie on Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09
Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?
Zealios will ship with the board yes. If you want a second plate / pcb just shoot a message and I will sort you out.

How much would a second plate and pcb be? I am guessing fair bit cheaper then the brass? I am wanting a second plate Sadly i don't think I can get a brass plate =/..

Send me an email - I will help you out with the brass plate.

HotRoderX · « **Reply #77 on:** Mon, 05 March 2018, 20:41:32 »

Quote from: JMD on Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:15:11

Quote from: HotRoderX on Sun, 04 March 2018, 15:07:47
Quote from: JMD on Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:35:59
Quote from: long_qt_pie on Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09
Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?
Zealios will ship with the board yes. If you want a second plate / pcb just shoot a message and I will sort you out.

How much would a second plate and pcb be? I am guessing fair bit cheaper then the brass? I am wanting a second plate Sadly i don't think I can get a brass plate =/..
Send me an email - I will help you out with the brass plate.

Sent you a message thought Mechkey's website I hope thats the right way. Thanks for the help this has been amazing group buy. I felt I could really buy with confidence and look forward to hearing back from ya about the plate. I really want to build one board with Tactile Switches thinking clear's and another with linear switches

JMD · « **Reply #78 on:** Tue, 06 March 2018, 01:00:53 »

Quote from: HotRoderX on Mon, 05 March 2018, 20:41:32

Quote from: JMD on Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:15:11
Quote from: HotRoderX on Sun, 04 March 2018, 15:07:47
Quote from: JMD on Sun, 04 March 2018, 13:35:59
Quote from: long_qt_pie on Sun, 04 March 2018, 07:32:09
Other than the Brass/PCB add on, is there another way to addon an extra plate/pcb? Also if we're adding on some zealio's, are they going to ship with the board?
Zealios will ship with the board yes. If you want a second plate / pcb just shoot a message and I will sort you out.

How much would a second plate and pcb be? I am guessing fair bit cheaper then the brass? I am wanting a second plate Sadly i don't think I can get a brass plate =/..
Send me an email - I will help you out with the brass plate.

Sent you a message thought Mechkey's website I hope thats the right way. Thanks for the help this has been amazing group buy. I felt I could really buy with confidence and look forward to hearing back from ya about the plate. I really want to build one board with Tactile Switches thinking clear's and another with linear switches

Enjoying serving you all <3

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #79 on:** Wed, 07 March 2018, 20:09:06 »

Is it possible to have 3 1u keys to the right of the spacebar or is the PCB flexible enough that I can assign one of the 1.5 to a FN key

tanvir175 · « **Reply #80 on:** Thu, 08 March 2018, 00:10:53 »

Joined! That purple case got me and it's design is so sleek and nice. I couldn't say no. First 96-key board. Very excited!

Baconheart · « **Reply #81 on:** Thu, 08 March 2018, 01:35:21 »

Quote from: long_qt_pie on Wed, 07 March 2018, 20:09:06

Is it possible to have 3 1u keys to the right of the spacebar or is the PCB flexible enough that I can assign one of the 1.5 to a FN key

Both are possible. Dave's assembled one with the 3x 1u keys, and the PCB runs QMK so you can reprogam any key to basically anything you want.

John McCormick · « **Reply #82 on:** Thu, 08 March 2018, 05:06:24 »

gimme

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #83 on:** Mon, 12 March 2018, 18:31:26 »

Think we just hit 50!

JMD · « **Reply #84 on:** Mon, 12 March 2018, 22:36:23 »

Quote from: long_qt_pie on Mon, 12 March 2018, 18:31:26

Think we just hit 50!

We sure did. I'm updating spread sheet as soon as this is posted =)

HotRoderX · « **Reply #85 on:** Mon, 12 March 2018, 23:11:03 »

woot woot MOQ is meet thats great news!

tanvir175 · « **Reply #86 on:** Mon, 12 March 2018, 23:26:44 »

That case is stunning. Surprised it took this long to reach MOQ. Happy to be 1 of the 50+ though. Decided to use GMK Laser on this instead of the S65-X.

Carlobv · « **Reply #87 on:** Mon, 12 March 2018, 23:28:17 »

Just curious, do you know if the green matches the TA royal alphas?

HotRoderX · « **Reply #88 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 00:00:48 »

Quote from: Carlobv on Mon, 12 March 2018, 23:28:17

Just curious, do you know if the green matches the TA royal alphas?

I am not sure if this will help but it should be the same green color as the Mechmini 2's thats why I picked the Emerald Green my self. its just so rare to see Green cases in general.

Vloshko · « **Reply #89 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 18:38:17 »

I'm stricken with the color dilemma as well $:-\$

Keycap sets I regularly switch between:
Laser (will be added to rotation), Nautilus, Pulse, Skeletor, The Bro Set, and Troubled Minds.

Case Colors:
Purple - Leaning this way. Due to visualizing with the above sets it might add too much purple to most of them though.
Royal Blue - Tempting, but might conflict too much with most sets listed above... maybe not. I can visualize most of the sets on it in my mind with the case colors, but against the Purple it's a difficult choice.
Black - Best option for key-set variety, but I'm trying to persuade myself to choose a different color, due to everything I own being black and I'm sick of every spec of dust and other debris showing up on it.

Thoughts team?

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 21:22:09 »

I think the purple would look great with Troubled Minds, Skeletor; Laser might be a little over-purple, but with the right, bright artisans and pink mods/spacebar could look pretty sweet. Not sure how Nautilus would do with purple, but would look schwheat with the royal blue (same with skel). Silver is also a good neutral.

Honestly, my .02 is that the purple proto looks awesome, not often do I see a purple I really like... so I'd go with that.

I'm putting Godspeed on my board so I'm going with silver, but I have been extremely tempted to get a 2nd... purple or red for some chocalatier

Vloshko · « **Reply #91 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 21:44:57 »

I appreciate your 2 cents. After much visualizing, spreadsheets, and crayon drawing I will be going with Purple.

As for the Laser, thankfully there is a render of it on the purple Pearl(?) over at https://mitormk.com/s00n/ looks pretty good.

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #92 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 22:35:12 »

Wow, I love the way that looks, such an iridescent purple... much like the proto

Keebmeupscotty · « **Reply #93 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 22:58:54 »

Looks awesome and a very reasonable price. Have 2 questions:
1. How would I request assembly as I see some have and how much does it cost?
2. Is there any chance you could post a picture of the bottom of the case? Looks awesome, but I'd kind of like to see a pic of the base just for a glimpse of the material that I'm not very familiar with in cases, since it will have some bearing on the sound and sturdiness of the case in general.
Thanks for offering this up! I look forward to joining if I can get at least the first question answered!

Carlobv · « **Reply #94 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 23:00:43 »

assembly is available on the site for $20 CAD: https://mechkeys.ca/collections/keyboards/products/keyboard-assembly-1

Keebmeupscotty · « **Reply #95 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 23:05:56 »

Wow, not sure how I missed that. Thanks!

tanvir175 · « **Reply #96 on:** Tue, 13 March 2018, 23:26:02 »

Quote from: Vloshko on Tue, 13 March 2018, 21:44:57

I appreciate your 2 cents. After much visualizing, spreadsheets, and crayon drawing I will be going with Purple.

As for the Laser, thankfully there is a render of it on the purple Pearl(?) over at https://mitormk.com/s00n/ looks pretty good.

The purple color and the design of the case is pretty much why I joined this GB. Laser will be going ALL over this.

helix999 · « **Reply #97 on:** Wed, 14 March 2018, 08:34:18 »

Quote from: Keebmeupscotty on Tue, 13 March 2018, 22:58:54

2. Is there any chance you could post a picture of the bottom of the case? Looks awesome, but I'd kind of like to see a pic of the base just for a glimpse of the material that I'm not very familiar with in cases, since it will have some bearing on the sound and sturdiness of the case in general.

This, please. If possible some pics of the underside would be great.

scp · « **Reply #98 on:** Thu, 15 March 2018, 13:25:13 »

Does this board support ISO (UK QWERTY) layout?

captsis · « **Reply #99 on:** Thu, 15 March 2018, 13:31:02 »

Quote from: scp on Thu, 15 March 2018, 13:25:13

Does this board support ISO (UK QWERTY) layout?

Yes

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Author Topic: [GB] ESPECTRO (Read 68849 times)