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Title: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: missalaire on Tue, 14 May 2013, 11:45:50
http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/?p=4269#disqus_thread
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 14 May 2013, 11:49:16
Heh. I thought the "S" was for "silent." Now we have "Quiet?" Just say you wanted to use MX Reds because they are popular! ;D
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: davkol on Tue, 14 May 2013, 12:32:39
Is it Costar? If not, $#@! you, Das.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 14 May 2013, 12:43:23
>softer, more tactile and “whisper quiet” typing experience

wat?
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: jwaz on Tue, 14 May 2013, 12:44:34
How innovative.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: kernelpanic on Tue, 14 May 2013, 12:45:15
'Cherry MX Red key switches combined with a new quiet key design [...] thereby providing a softer, more tactile and “whisper quiet” typing experience.'

I thought thats what them Blues were made for  :p
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 14 May 2013, 12:47:48
Is it Costar? If not, $#@! you, Das.

Regarding the strikethrough: I don't know about all of that.

However, there is one of two things happening here. One: it may be made by Costar again, based on the layout. Two (and the most likely): they used an old picture, and this will be made by their current manufacturer.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: rootwyrm on Tue, 14 May 2013, 13:33:47
Is it Costar? If not, $#@! you, Das.

Regarding the strikethrough: I don't know about all of that.

However, there is one of two things happening here. One: it may be made by Costar again, based on the layout. Two (and the most likely): they used an old picture, and this will be made by their current manufacturer.

They pulled the same crap with their zero-quality crapboard. If you check the photos on the boxes and pre-release they used nothing but renders and old photos. Absolutely no photos of the actual keyboard were used.
Same deal here. It's the new crap-tastic OEM cranking out garbage and Das is trying to bait-and-switch using false images.

So yeah. You'd pretty much have to be an idiot to buy Das at this point.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 14 May 2013, 13:57:29
So who is gonna buy one so we can see that they really look like?

And do a review of course.

And the $149 price tag...is that just because it is a 'Das'?
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: davkol on Tue, 14 May 2013, 14:00:24
So yeah. You'd pretty much have to be an idiot to buy Das at this point.
So who is gonna buy one so we can see that they really look like?

lol
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 14 May 2013, 14:05:46
It seems like they are not using the word "tactile" like we do around here.  Probably they are referring to the overall better feel of Cherry switches vs. cheap dome keyboards.

(http://ermiliablog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/inigo-montoya-what-you-think-it-means-meme.jpg)
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 14 May 2013, 14:08:47
It seems like they are not using the word "tactile" like we do around here.  Probably they are referring to the overall better feel of Cherry switches vs. cheap dome keyboards.

Show Image
(http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/no-joke-i-literally-everyone-is-in-a-relationship-now.png)


They also called browns, soft clicky....is that even a thing?
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: JPG on Tue, 14 May 2013, 14:20:31
Here's their marketing team after they wrote this text!

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Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Binge on Tue, 14 May 2013, 14:37:33
wtf... just wtf
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: rootwyrm on Tue, 14 May 2013, 16:09:59
So who is gonna buy one so we can see that they really look like?

And do a review of course.

And the $149 price tag...is that just because it is a 'Das'?

I wouldn't buy one even if I got a total tax write off on it. (Which I could claim legally.)

And yes - the pricetag is entirely because it's a "Das." Coming soon: Das "Value" the $99 "silent mechanical" keyboard - which is of course, rubber domes.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: ValerieV on Tue, 14 May 2013, 16:16:47
I really thought DAS would get smart and make a compact keyboard. They have got to be the laziest keyboard company ever! I love the cherry mx red but i am not going to buy a keyboard that you have to use two plugs for the USB connector to work and has it located in a stupid location to begin with. Their quality sucks almost as bad as their marketing team does. They really need to get their heads out of their asses over  there.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 14 May 2013, 16:41:49
I wouldn't buy one even if I got a total tax write off on it. (Which I could claim legally.)

And yes - the pricetag is entirely because it's a "Das." Coming soon: Das "Value" the $99 "silent mechanical" keyboard - which is of course, rubber domes.


You mean Topre?   ;D

Or we could go back to vintage Das with their original keyboards that were rubber dome.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: rootwyrm on Tue, 14 May 2013, 16:54:59
I wouldn't buy one even if I got a total tax write off on it. (Which I could claim legally.)

And yes - the pricetag is entirely because it's a "Das." Coming soon: Das "Value" the $99 "silent mechanical" keyboard - which is of course, rubber domes.


You mean Topre?   ;D

Or we could go back to vintage Das with their original keyboards that were rubber dome.

Topre? Ha. Costs too many box tops.

Think more like the worst mushboard you've ever typed on. Or worse still - foam and foil.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Hyde on Tue, 14 May 2013, 22:00:24
So who is gonna buy one so we can see that they really look like?

And do a review of course.

And the $149 price tag...is that just because it is a 'Das'?

Uh I'm pretty sure they just used old pic, the final product will most likely look like rest of their current line up.

As for the price tag, Das used to bump up MX Brown $10 more expensive than MX Blue because it's "Silent".  So I guess "Quiet" cost money too now apparently.

Also to be honest, MX Red is FAR AWAY from whisper quiet.  Unless they pre-install o-ring in them but I doubt it.

Moral of the story:  Their marketing team is just......... *shakes head*
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Hour on Tue, 14 May 2013, 23:09:44
This is making me think about my next board, damnit.  :D
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: jabar on Wed, 15 May 2013, 00:14:54
Reds are loud because everyone bottoms out on them, unless they come with landing pads and/or o-rings preinstalled.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: CommunistWitchDr on Wed, 15 May 2013, 00:19:18
It seems like they are not using the word "tactile" like we do around here.  Probably they are referring to the overall better feel of Cherry switches vs. cheap dome keyboards.

Show Image
(http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/no-joke-i-literally-everyone-is-in-a-relationship-now.png)


They also called browns, soft clicky....is that even a thing?
Yep, it's what whites are classified as, but not browns.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: davkol on Wed, 15 May 2013, 06:38:55
Reds are loud because everyone bottoms out on them, unless they come with landing pads and/or o-rings preinstalled.

Please, reconsider your ignorant use of quantifiers.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: EXARKUN007 on Wed, 15 May 2013, 06:48:42
Reds are loud because everyone bottoms out on them, unless they come with landing pads and/or o-rings preinstalled.

I bottom out my new Shine II with reds and still feel like I'm barely touching it.  I hit space all the time accidentally just resting my thumbs on it while gaming.  Might need to try a black or something.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: daerid on Wed, 15 May 2013, 12:01:10
Quote from: DasKeyboard
The newest member of our Das Keyboard family sports Cherry MX Red key switches combined with a new quiet key design.

Looks like they might have done some dampening work to the reds
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 15 May 2013, 12:54:47
I think they're overexaggerating the fact that Reds are just naturally quieter, being linear.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: phetto on Wed, 15 May 2013, 13:28:48
Is it costar?

sure looks like it from the bottom row
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 15 May 2013, 13:49:54
Is it costar?

sure looks like it from the bottom row

Is it Costar? If not, $#@! you, Das.

Regarding the strikethrough: I don't know about all of that.

However, there is one of two things happening here. One: it may be made by Costar again, based on the layout. Two (and the most likely): they used an old picture, and this will be made by their current manufacturer.

They pulled the same crap with their zero-quality crapboard. If you check the photos on the boxes and pre-release they used nothing but renders and old photos. Absolutely no photos of the actual keyboard were used.
Same deal here. It's the new crap-tastic OEM cranking out garbage and Das is trying to bait-and-switch using false images.

So yeah. You'd pretty much have to be an idiot to buy Das at this point.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: ValerieV on Wed, 15 May 2013, 17:04:41
It's sad that DAS has decided to cheapen its product. The DAS is what got me interested in mechanical keyboards in the beginning. They used to be such a great product.  :(
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: daerid on Wed, 15 May 2013, 17:37:29
^^^ Same here. My first new mech board was a DK (I had had Dell AT101Ws before but didn't really give the mechanical aspect much thought).
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 May 2013, 17:41:10
HAHAHAHAHA.... no thanks DAS.. hahahahaha what a joke..
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Hyde on Wed, 15 May 2013, 20:35:43
It's sad that DAS has decided to cheapen its product. The DAS is what got me interested in mechanical keyboards in the beginning. They used to be such a great product.  :(

I agree, I still have it till this day and use it from time to time.  I'll keep this Costar Das forever lol.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Rule16 on Thu, 16 May 2013, 12:46:18
>softer, more tactile and “whisper quiet” typing experience
I believe they are using o-rings on it because it says softer... That is probably what they mean by tactile and whisper quiet as-well. Either that or their marketing team doesn't know much at all about the business.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: rootwyrm on Thu, 16 May 2013, 14:20:10
>softer, more tactile and “whisper quiet” typing experience
I believe they are using o-rings on it because it says softer... That is probably what they mean by tactile and whisper quiet as-well. Either that or their marketing team doesn't know much at all about the business.

We've been over this.

Their marketing team doesn't know a damn thing other than how to convince idiots that Cherry MX Blues == Buckling Spring. There are no O-rings - those cost money and cut into profits. There is nothing at all different about it from the other zero-quality Mk3 "do it cheap not right" boards.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: knotra on Thu, 16 May 2013, 19:50:50
Das should really make something new.. I mean not a new switch kind of new, but a whole new model. The only thing special about the das is that its glossy (which is actually considered a bad thing) and it has USB hubs.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: ValerieV on Thu, 16 May 2013, 22:16:00
Das should really make something new.. I mean not a new switch kind of new, but a whole new model. The only thing special about the das is that its glossy (which is actually considered a bad thing) and it has USB hubs.

You are absolutely right. I have said this a million times. They are so lazy it's disgusting. I will never buy another DAS unless they do something really nice like a tenkeyless bluetooth keyboard.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: Hyde on Thu, 16 May 2013, 23:15:21
Das should really make something new.. I mean not a new switch kind of new, but a whole new model. The only thing special about the das is that its glossy (which is actually considered a bad thing) and it has USB hubs.

You are absolutely right. I have said this a million times. They are so lazy it's disgusting. I will never buy another DAS unless they do something really nice like a tenkeyless bluetooth keyboard.

Back then I was hoping they'll release a blue backlit keyboard.  Since their num lock/caps lock/scroll lock indicator are already in a nice blue light and it will go well along with it.

But at this point I'd probably not get it even if it comes out.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Fri, 17 May 2013, 00:30:25
Bologne marketing. MX red switches, and it's very doubtful they'll spend the time to manually install 104 O-rings on every cap.
Title: Re: Introducing New Das Keyboard Professional Quiet Keyboard (Cherry MX Reds)
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 17 May 2013, 00:41:14
Same as the WASD v2, they just shouldn't bother.... releasing products that have nearly identical variations already in retail..