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Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:01:02
Just got a couple of model M's from ebay from 1995 and with all these talk about quieting the model M's, I have to say the two I got were...

NOT LOUD ENOUGH

I used to have one 15 years ago and it was louder.. I swear.

I love the click clack!

Anyone have experience with difference loudness model m's?


p.s. I don't think they were greased either
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: msiegel on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:27:21
was the one 15 years ago actually... a model f? :)
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: CodeChef on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:27:43
Well, the Model F was louder...
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: HaaTa on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:40:41
Model F AT: loud
Model F XT: louder
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: HaaTa on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:54:48
Or just do what keyboard makers used to do:

Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 06 November 2010, 18:55:58
You could detonate bombs with your keyboard.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 19:23:13
Quote from: msiegel;243554
was the one 15 years ago actually... a model f? :)

more like a model M2 1993.  I love the click clack....MAKE IT LOUDER!:biggrin:

i want to put microphones in the keyboard and hook it up to my sound system so my neighbors can hear me type
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 19:25:23
Quote from: microsoft windows;243562
You could detonate bombs with your keyboard.


excuse me sir. bomb detonation belongs in the mod section :biggrin:
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 19:33:57
Quote from: msiegel;243554
was the one 15 years ago actually... a model f? :)


no, no big foreheads like the model F's have
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Sat, 06 November 2010, 21:10:06
I wonder if it was a Model F. They are significantly louder than Model Ms.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: Pylon on Sat, 06 November 2010, 21:36:13
Yep, get a Model F.

Buckling spring goodness of the Model M, and it's even louder, because the hammers on the springs are slapping against a hard PCB (capacitative switches), instead of a cushioned membrane like the ones on the Ms.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: Pylon on Sat, 06 November 2010, 21:37:11
You can also modify the acoustics of the case. Reportedly, some Model Ms are pingier than the others because the sound gets amplified or whatever by the case.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 23:10:31
Quote from: ripster;243637
Put your keyboard on a Djembe.


sorry that's not loud enough
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sat, 06 November 2010, 23:28:03
Quote from: ripster;243668
Never know until you try it.
Show Image
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5153391528_3905c09ce0_z.jpg)


Selectric FTW!


lol.. speechless.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: Sam on Sun, 07 November 2010, 00:24:52
Didn't some of the Selectrics have RS-232 ports for use as a printer?  If so, I ought to get one of them some day and hook it up to my PC and have every keystroke echo'd to the Selectric to generate a genuine Selectric sound to the keypress.  There would be a slight delay, but then when typing on the Selectric there's also a delay.  I'm also of the opinion that louder is better and Model M's are too quiet.  Even my Model F could stand to be louder.  For me, I don't think anything will ever beat the mechanical sounds of a Selectric.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: DesktopJinx on Sun, 07 November 2010, 01:24:35
What's your desk surface like? What's your desk made of? What kind of room are you in? Can you set something up at the base of the monitor to reflect sound back toward you? Make sure your desk is set up facing a wall and that you don't have any sound-absorbing objects or materials around.

Might an earlier-vintage Model M have a more pleasing resonance? Or perhaps a Model F? With Model Ms I notice the echo of the spring vibrating after it unbuckles, but with Fs it was the whack of it buckling against the barrel.

Also: type faster.
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Sun, 07 November 2010, 01:14:14
Quote from: DesktopJinx;243692
What's your desk surface like? What's your desk made of? What kind of room are you in? Can you set something up at the base of the monitor to reflect sound back toward you? Make sure your desk is set up facing a wall and that you don't have any sound-absorbing objects or materials around.

Might an earlier-vintage Model M have a more pleasing resonance? Or perhaps a Model F? With Model Ms I notice the echo of the spring vibrating after it unbuckles, but with Fs it was the whack of it buckling against the barrel.

Also: type faster.


nah man, I'm just going to get a Djembe, duh...  :rolleyes:
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: KillerBee on Sun, 07 November 2010, 02:11:38
and I thought I was insane... Oh Brother!
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: FoxSpirit on Sun, 07 November 2010, 05:09:35
Quote from: ripster;243668
Never know until you try it.
Show Image
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5153391528_3905c09ce0_z.jpg)


Selectric FTW!


Are you sure this isn't the sound of a proper typewriter?

That's crazy :shocked:
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: codek on Mon, 08 November 2010, 06:01:49
case solved

M2 First Impressions (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:4555)
Title: Model M's NOT LOUD ENOUGH
Post by: woody on Mon, 08 November 2010, 10:20:14
Quote from: ripster;243637
Put your keyboard on a Djembe.

Have you tuned yours to a specific tone?