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
We were experimenting with having TEX make us some plastic cases, and they came up with these, and it basically looks like a frosted beer glass. I'd never seen anyone make a case like this, and I figured the community would appreciate being the first to play around with these.
Since it is the first time TEX makes this type of case, most likely there be issues in the first batch. So your strategy of having MD members paying $60 to be your experimental subject is not really customer friendly.
And that "frosted beer glass"-look design is just outdated.
I hope the aluminum case you put up next week is from TEX and the price (with shipping) has to be lower than other online vendors to compensate for the slow shipping time to worth the money.
This is definitely not cheap plastic, it's a considerably nicer product than the stock case for a Poker 2.