I think this Blues hatred is reverse-McGurk: you hear something and it changes your view. I felt the same way about the Subaru WRX; it felt cheap and plastic. Meanwhile, the VW 337 felt solid, but still fun. I would have gone faster and more error-free with the extra 40HP and AWD of the Subaru, but I was just happier in the VW.
Blues = WRX
Browns = 337
Cherry switches are about as good as it gets for the masses these days. The only things that compare, in my experience, are ALPS Complicated, and Old School IBM Buckling Springs. (jury still out on Unicomp). Neither of those are still made, and old ones are old and showing deterioration.
FWIW, the best feeling keyboard I have typed on since joining geekhack is on an old IBM Wheelwriter at the library. Light but solid touch, medium travel, clear click at activation point, nice solid WHACK as hammer hits wheel, hits ribbon, hits paper, hits roller. If only someone could emulate that in a computer keyboard! :-)