Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
I kind of understand, AZERTY is only used in Belgium and France (with different alphas), and yes MOQ must be hard. It's kind of an ouroboros syndrome here: the AZERTY community is small, and that will not change anytime soon since it's borderline impossible to find our variant with cool keysets.
I, for example, will probably ditch this hobby in the near future, because it's too frustrating to lurk on all the cool kits, and never being able to enjoy them personally. I was hoping for a kit which include every ISO variants, but i suppose it would drive the price up quite a bit. Any idea how we could complete this kit with a custom order from your manufacturer, even if it's more expansive ?
Thanks for the answers and have a happy drop