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Title: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: ackneal on Sat, 21 July 2012, 03:13:35: Hello GeekHack!

I currently own a White Filco Majestouch 2 with brown switches. I also recently purchased a Rosewill RK-9000 keyboard with brown switches as well.

I have a few questions for the community:

1) I purchased my Filco from Amazon and it didn't come with a ps/2 adapter, key cap remover, or the red keycap as shown by some. Is this normal?
2) The Rosewill keyboard has a more smooth click to it compared to the Filco which has a bit more "clicky-ness"... Has anyone heard of this?

Thanks in advance and looking forward to being more active here!
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Icarium on Sat, 21 July 2012, 04:02:56: General build quality and plate mounting and keycap material in particular make for a different sound and feel of the same key. It happens and is hard to predict.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Chris_F on Sat, 21 July 2012, 04:27:04: MX browns don't have any click at all. ???

Maybe you mean the sound it makes when it bottoms out.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: ackneal on Sat, 21 July 2012, 13:09:31: I apologize, I'm not too familiar with terms but yes if I bottom out it seems to be louder on the Filco as opposed to the Rosewill. This isn't to say the Filco has poor construction or anything, right?
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Rafen on Sat, 21 July 2012, 13:12:47: No Filco's would be argued by some, as the best keyboard company around. You shouldn't worry about construction with Filco keyboards at all.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: ackneal on Sat, 21 July 2012, 15:23:17: I uploaded some videos, Video #1 doesn't really give you a clear distinction, Video #2 you can hear the distinction most particularly when I'm hitting the spacebar.
Video 1:

Video 2:
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Rafen on Sat, 21 July 2012, 22:28:31: A lot of the time the spacebars on keyboards will sound different than the rest of the keys on the keyboard.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Chris_F on Sun, 22 July 2012, 00:37:58: To me it sound like the stabilizer in the Filco is making a bit more noise. Other than that they don't sound much different to me.

Different keyboards are just going to sound different.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: roffle24 on Sun, 22 July 2012, 17:38:36: Quote from: Chris_F on Sun, 22 July 2012, 00:37:58
To me it sound like the stabilizer in the Filco is making a bit more noise. Other than that they don't sound much different to me.

I'm no expert, and it's hard to tell from a youtube video, but this sounds about right. The Enter key on the Filco sounded much "clickier" than on the Rosewill, and it's probably just because of the stabilizer. Other than that, the other keys sounded about the same. I'm sure while typing at full speed, the key sound is more distinct, but in these two videos, they're pretty close.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Tue, 24 July 2012, 18:05:25: Both sound a bit thin – Cherry MX switches always have a thin, tinny sound. ALPS keyboards sound more full in comparison.
Title: Re: Cherry Mx Brown sounds different
Post by: ackneal on Thu, 26 July 2012, 19:34:23: Good to know, thanks a bunch for all the info guys. Appreciate it :)