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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: mrelectric on Fri, 12 April 2013, 06:53:25
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Hey guys!
I have cherry mx blue keyboard and I love it, I just wish it had a softer landing and didn't make that annoying clack sound, so I looked up o-rings but I am confused about which one I want. I definitely want a soft landing so that limits me to the two 40 models. I want my keyboard to sound like the keyboard with blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=510VYj6oxUY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=510VYj6oxUY), so I was wondering if the 40A-r's give the same noise reduction as the 40A-l's?
Thanks a lot!!
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I don't think that the 40A-R and 40A-L rings have a difference in sound reduction. You also have other options in 50A, and I believe I've seen 70A and 100A . 40A-R, 40A-L, and 50A-L can be found at WASD keyboards. You can also pickup soft-landing pads from Elitekeyboards. If you want, I wrote a review on o-rings and soft landing pads here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40227.0). You can check out more of my thoughts there. And for the record, my FC700R with soft landing pads feels amazing.
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I don't think that the 40A-R and 40A-L rings have a difference in sound reduction. You also have other options in 50A, and I believe I've seen 70A and 100A . 40A-R, 40A-L, and 50A-L can be found at WASD keyboards. You can also pickup soft-landing pads from Elitekeyboards. If you want, I wrote a review on o-rings and soft landing pads here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40227.0). You can check out more of my thoughts there. And for the record, my FC700R with soft landing pads feels amazing.
Wow, thanks dude that was really helpful! I think i'll get the black dampeners since they give the sound reduction and the squishy soft landing, again thanks a lot!
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The dampeners have less sound reduction than the o-rings but they feel better to type on IMO. I think I linked a video that has the sound difference so I hope that helped. Thanks for checking out my review :D