Yeah. it did kind of sound like a "luxurious" problem to have, ha. Sorry about that. For the demographic record I'm not rich or white (not that there's anything wrong with it!), but it is all relative anyway - I used to think I was riding high on a Razor Black Widow, now it annoys me.
The overbought point was, what I needed and what I paid for were not lined up correctly; buying based on build quality and sound before checking off the most basic considerations - Mac config, cap legibility. When he opened the box it looked like I bought the keyless caps, and that was daytime.
Luckily, he is not picky (as long as he can read the caps), so I figure there must be a good dome that goes in the same direction - thick sound, muted clacking. If Matias had a quiet, white, smallish keyboard - I'd be set.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into those as well.
You guys are amazing in here - great community, great information. I've learned a lot reading these boards.