I have plastic plate on Orion v2 and stainless steel plate on Octagon
After weeks of use, I kinda prefer the stainless steel, although the tactile is most felt on the plastic plate.
WTB stainless steel plate
What switch do you use on the stainless steel?
Cherry ergo clear on stainless steel
Zealio tactile on plastic
I certainly hope I don't regret aluminum for my vintage MX white switches on the Octagon v2! I've never used Aluminum before, but MX greens sounded like crap on the Octagon v1. To be fair, vintage whites sound so much nicer. I put them in Zealio housings and they are more consistent. Slightly louder (stock housings had them a bit inconsistent and practically mute, which was intriguing), but still quiet and refined. They remind me of Alps a bit. They sound icky with SA caps, but sounded great with Cherry profile PBT. I'm hoping they'll sound good with GMK, though I'm thinking that GMK SNES might not ever hit MQO. I hope I'm wrong about that, because that is THE set I want for the Octagon v2.
Otherwise, I'm gonna have to try and find a PBT set I can dye, haha.
Also, I keep forgetting, but I wanted to thank you for your tips on brightness adjustment, man, that really helped! I can't find an LED scheme that goes well with Jukebox though. :/