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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 08:44:02

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 08:44:02

I  just got my XArmor U9BL-S which is my first MX Brown board.

I'm wondering if there is a big difference in the various Brown implementations as far as  sound is concern.

Anyone with Both a U9BL-S and a DAS S PRO Silent or anything else mechanical also pretending to be quiet?

How would you compare the sound of both?

Thanks.

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: noodles256 on Tue, 15 March 2011, 13:35:39

I had a cherry MX brown PLU ML-87 and Noppoo Choc Mini with Browns as well. There sounds were very different. I liked the sound of PLU ML-87 a lot more because it felt like a lower pitched click, the Noppoo on the other hand was very different. Its hard to explain so I am not going to do it. It seems like the sound could be affected by the types of keycaps used.

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: bytemeavaj on Tue, 15 March 2011, 13:54:48

I have a Filco brown and a Ducky 1087 brown and when I typed on the Ducky it sounded like typing on a cheap plastic toy compared to the Filco. The sounds the Filco made were much more solid, while the sound on the Ducky felt like it wasn't well built.

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 14:03:37

Thanks guys! If I decide to go with another Brown MX, I'll keep that in mind.
Audio samples are cool but depends so much of the various recording conditions. Unless you compare two recordings done in the same environment. It's very difficult to objectively gauge the difference.

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 14:05:26

Would you agree that DAS' and Filco's sound pretty much the same?

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 14:31:41

Quote from: ripster;312232

Yep.  Sound samples are (...)

Thanks!!!!! The MEGA sample is great!

Btw, in real, the XArmor UB9L-S with MX Brown sounds damper than the recording of the Filco MX Brown.

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: pitashen on Tue, 15 March 2011, 17:52:31

sure, the entire structural design and the material used for the components would have a thing or two to do with the final acoustic character of the keyboard. Brown switch keys are actually pretty quiet if you get rid of the keyboard enclosure

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 15 March 2011, 18:15:20

Quote from: ripster;312336

To make louder put on a djembe.

Cute!!! With that you can even ear the differences between red, blue, white and grey keycaps LOL

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: explicit on Tue, 15 March 2011, 19:14:27

Quote from: ripster;312336

To make louder put on a djembe.

Show Image

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5153391528_3905c09ce0_z.jpg)

Haha **** ripster, this makes you the most original person i have met on the internet, your like a internet-unicorn. And you either own a pawnshop or you are a compulsive hoarder, like a dragon. Dragon-unicorn

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: nocturn4l3030 on Tue, 15 March 2011, 19:32:15

Quote from: ripster;312336

To make louder put on a djembe.

Show Image

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5153391528_3905c09ce0_z.jpg)

i lol'd at that

Title: MX Brown vs MX Brown
Post by: bakageta on Wed, 16 March 2011, 04:51:00

Quote from: explicit;312376

Haha **** ripster, this makes you the most original person i have met on the internet, your like a internet-unicorn. And you either own a pawnshop or you are a compulsive hoarder, like a dragon. Dragon-unicorn

I vote compulsive hoarder... :P