Has anyone else found that SKCM blue sound radically different when they are in an aftermarket case? I had mine in a plastic TKL case that used to house Chinese clone Alps and the sound was so different I am pretty sure no one would have thought they were SKCM blue if they weren't told. They almost sounded like a Zealiostotle, ie still loud but quite a bit more high pitched and lacking in bass.
I only have my laptop mic and lousy headset mic so I couldn't make a good recording. The closest I could find was the Kingsaver with SKCM blues, my plastic case sounded very similar.
Oh certainly. Alps switches are very synergistic in both feel and sound in regards to the housing they are placed in. So of course, spacious, roomy, plastic cases on old vintage keyboards are typically going to have a much richer sound to them, where metal cases and modern OEM plastic cases with not as much space will be a bit more thin sounding.
Clickies are really the most effected by this, though all of them are to an extent.
Sometimes there are some things you can do. My Mira here did not have a sound I really felt was all that great, but after I added a sheet of memory foam beneath the PCB inside the case, it developed this really nice, thocky sound to it.
Of course, there's nothing you can do about these less spacious modern cases and how that will affect sound.
