peripherals-and-displays

[polar sundial]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CNCQ1JC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_04D2CKAC7WRTW308T3WK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

are these two the same? just ones hot swap

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CN9JSBY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_5568NANHDKDSGECABW5Z?psc=1

[glass bear]

i see

building keyboard is tough

Mostly for getting and choosing parts

Too many options

[shy dagger]

Hey guys, I’m new to kbm gaming and I was wondering if the Corsair M55 is good

[daring zenith]

Corsair mice generally has a bit of a bad reputation

in terms of bad quality

[timber ridge]

corsair peripheral in general p bad

[steep pelican]

So fun tho

Very fun, but it makes your wallet cry

[glass bear]

facts

i feel rather content right now anyway

everything seems to be going right, i just got a pc and should get a new iphone soon

hopefully i dont jinx myself lol

[steep pelican]

My pc is good, my keeb is good, I could get a new phone but that’ll happen when my dad upgrades, and idk what to spend money on now. I am saving up mining money for another keeb tho

[glass bear]

yeah im currently on a 6 s

on one hand i can gladly say

that i have only

30 minutes of screen time

but this is because every time i want to use my phone

i remember i have a 6 s

it takes like 2 minutes to load discord im not even kidding

[steep pelican]

Really? I used to have a 6s and it’s kinda wack but it was mostly the battery reading being inaccurate and I don’t think there was any problems with loading things

I have an 8 now and kinda wish my phone was newer just cause I use it so much that my battery health isn’t very good and I don’t feel like buying a replacement battery and installing it

[glass bear]

i can try sending a video later but yeah

i open discord and its just frozen for

quite a bit

before it loads

[steep pelican]

Rip

[glad yarrow]

my phone too is trash

I have a 7

used to take way too long to open apps

I jailbroke and installed a few tweaks tho

much more usable now

[thick tartan]

sheeeeesh

[steep pelican]

Durock switch films smh

Deskeys for life

[thick tartan]

durocks never let me down

[solar raft]

Best mechanical keeb?

For reasonable price?

[thick tartan]

what is ur price range

[solar raft]

it’s for a buddy, one sec lemme ask

[daring zenith]

I was about to say, best is prob in the 5 digits in terms of price xD

[solar raft]

lmao, yeah not $10000

Probably $50-100ish

[daring zenith]

what form factor

that's slightly on the low end

[solar raft]

yeah, not sure, waiting on him to message back

he would take forever now lmao

[daring zenith]

rip

prob some keychron hotswap mech board, depending on their preferred form factor and their preferred switches

[solar raft]

https://www.amazon.com/Keychron-Bluetooth-Wireless-Mechanical-Tenkeyless-Keyboard/dp/B07QBPDWLS/ref=asc_df_B07QBPDWLS/?

@daring zenith this one?

[daring zenith]

@solar raft
For all their things, https://www.keychron.com/
and again, depends on form factor and switch preference, that one is 75% for example

Directly from keychron has ~20$ shipping tho

[steep pelican]

30 bucks for switch opener

[calm cobalt]

Lmaooo

[daring zenith]

Yea no

[wanton burrow]

Pick this one instead since it's hotswappable

[wanton burrow]

Typical gateron pricing for fancy version of your tools

[polar sundial]

oh alright

grassy ass

gracias

[wanton burrow]

Their switch puller is like $20 but it looks poggers

LMAO

grassy ass lol

[polar sundial]

LOL

[queen sigil]

also it breaks in like a couple uses

[polar sundial]

are hyperglides worth it for mouses?

[daring zenith]

sad

[polar sundial]

?

[timber ridge]

depends

[sturdy sinew]

I still haven't got a microphone so the last time I asked I was looking at the at 2035 and got recommended the neat worker bee microphone. Is that still a better mic for the price? and do I need a inline preamp to power it?

[timber ridge]

you check what gxl has to offer

they look meh but sound really good

[sturdy sinew]

gxl?

[timber ridge]

CAD **

gxl is the series of mics

[sturdy sinew]

Thats what I thought
I had a CAD mic a while ago

cad u37 I believe

I have heard good things on the rode podmic thoughts ?

[timber ridge]

feel like its a nice safe pick

been around for a while, nothing really negative about it

pd70 is cool too but dont know about long term or qc

[thick tartan]

lance these holy t1s slap

holy cheeet

ill do a sound test when i dont have scuffed stabilizers on LOL

[wanton burrow]

new self-made custom theme

but it's almost the colors from the older one but more darker

[outer mauve]

.

[rigid valve]

,

[gleaming pond]

I dont like this

[rigid valve]

is that like

star wars entry text kinda thing

[glad yarrow]

yes

it is

[gleaming pond]

yes

[timber ridge]

theyre perfect, not too tactile but not too light

[steep pelican]

Mm just purchased u4t

[timber ridge]

nice

[glass bear]

yesterday my dad

needed my computer

because he didnt have acrobat pro to edit some house paper and he had to use my mouse

he had to use my mouse with it right

delux mouse

he called it weird then

he just took it and gave me his ahahahah

to try it out

[sweet ore]

... I have a distinct feeling you ain't getting that mouse back.

[glass bear]

😳

hopefully i do lmfao

this mouse goes oos so fast

goddamn it must be night and day though

he has a big microsoft mouse with two AA batteries

i tried taking one of them out

and it didnt work

[glass bear]

@timber ridge are the stock skates on the delux not high enough

i think the plastic is dragging

[timber ridge]

im not sure

[thick tartan]

im not very familiar with working on stabs but these ones need to get modded real bad doesn anyone which part on the stablizier youre suppose to clip?

[timber ridge]

@queen sigil https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113170.0

[timber ridge]

id check a yt video

idk how to describe it

[thick tartan]

this set is pretty clean

these kind of remind of the egyptian heiroglyphs gmk came out with

[queen sigil]

yeah ik i saw it day one

[tight pulsar]

@thick tartan

[thick tartan]

pog

ty

[timber ridge]

i was gonna describe it by saying clip the thing at the bottom with like a little hook thingy

hence why i said look it up lol

[thick tartan]

ye i did ty both

[sturdy sinew]

anyone using boba u4t's?

[thick tartan]

keyfirst switches sound like ink blacks just thoccier with no clacky noise either

hmm

[steep pelican]

i have some coming in a couple days and i can let you know what i think. I think lance might also have some already

[sturdy sinew]

I got like 20 a while ago and started using a couple of them and was wondering how people get it to sound super thocky

[timber ridge]

pc everything lol

[stray compass]

wrist breaker keycaps

[thick tartan]

i think u4ts are better than pandas imo

i never had them personally but my friend had em on his board and they were ok feel wise but have an amazing sound signature

[tight pulsar]

do you guys rate sound over feel for a board/switch or the other way around

[timber ridge]

for tactiles feel

linears for the most part feel the same so i go for sound

[sturdy sinew]

so far I am loving the boba u4t's

also is it worth lubing and filming them?

[tight pulsar]

no

[thick tartan]

preference

[tight pulsar]

no i'm pretty sure they won't close with films

[thick tartan]

you can if u want but some ppl swear by it anyway, and do it to switches i agree dont need either

[thick tartan]

nah theyll close just fine

i agree tho the switch is fine just stock like intended

on a different note my wowstick came in and POGGERS

i can fix my stabs now

[tight pulsar]

ah i thought mine didn't work with films but it does, my mistake

but still they're tight enough that they're fine without films and sound good enough without them and gazzew says they're best without lube but you can lube them if you want

[stray compass]

gazzew makes really good products for those who don't feel like opening up switches tbh

[steep pelican]

I think I might be tactile gang now

[rigid valve]

Noooo

Ness

[calm cobalt]

Hey y’all do you guys have any good mic recs? I wanna buy a mic and some really nice earbuds in under 100 bucks. Headphones hurt my head so my headset is kinda bothering me

[thick tartan]

so your price range is 200 overall or 100 altogether?

cause 100 for both is like almost non existent lol

[steep pelican]

For earbuds I'm not sure what is best but I've hear that kz pro x are nice budget buds. For mic if heard samson q2u is good, but you might want something cheaper and idk what there is

[thick tartan]

could just get apple earbuds for 20 bucks and use the rest of your money on a good mic

could snag an at2020 for exactly 100

[steep pelican]

The kz pro x which are recommended by dankpods at like 25 bucks, look nice and sound nice too

[thick tartan]

ye or tht

[thick tartan]

still looking at 120-125 bucks youre spending tho

[sly warren]

AT2020 bad mic without lots of sound dampening material in the room

It will pick up EVERY sound in the room

[thick tartan]

i disagree personally but you can give him a better recommend

since u know more about this

[sly warren]

You disagree with the physical characteristics of a Condenser mic?

🤔

Samson Q2U is a much better generalist mic without needing anything ultra-fancy.

It's 80-ish bucks

[thick tartan]

ive never experienced picking up every sound and my room is right above a loud garage that sounds like and earthquake when it goes off lol

[sly warren]

Then you must be either A. Really lucky or B. using RTX Voice.

[thick tartan]

i also dont have any sound dampening in my room

i can find out rq

[sly warren]

I have personal experience with an AT2020 and it would pick up everything, Keyboard, other people, people hitting the wall, etc.

[thick tartan]

where would i check again

on discord?

[sly warren]

Settings > Voice and Video > Test Mic

[thick tartan]

nah guess im just really lucky

although when i first got it i did have issues with it picking up all the above sounds

maybe and probably because of my old room most likely

[steep pelican]

Maybe your room has thick walls

[rigid valve]

Old room maybe brick

[thick tartan]

yeah prolly

[wanton burrow]

1. they put it on a good board with deeper sound profile
2. u4ts is generally muted iirc, not rly that pronounced "thocky".
3. "thocky" is not rly a definitive word in mx style switches.

[rigid valve]

Ehh

U4Ts do sound deep

[wanton burrow]

i think they have different tactile bump

i actually thought u4t would have a rounder bump but it's actually a sharp one

[thick tartan]

yeah for sure

but i definitely like the sharper feel imo

[sturdy sinew]

I heard that for the boba u4t's tribosys 3203 and thicc films are good is this true?

[thick tartan]

where are you hearing this lol

its a great stock switch

u can if u want to tho

[rigid valve]

Good
However switch film is preference

Some like thick o thin

[sharp kindle]

Why film u4ts

Housings alr tight af

No need

[sturdy sinew]

yea

I just realized

[thick tartan]

sorry i sounded like an ass hat

but tbh

u dont need to do anything ecept lube them

anything u do to them is entirely up to you

[sturdy sinew]

I figured you didn't need films but I saw a youtube vidoe and someone recommended thicc films

[sturdy sinew]

yes I figured that out

[sturdy sinew]

and you good I didn't realize in time lol

[raven fulcrum]

does anyone know of a good mouse, i need to replace my glaive from corsair , i thouhgt it would have lasted longer ... no price limit i just want something with usb c???

[timber ridge]

check the pinned messages about grip type, determine what you use then we can help recommend a mouse 🙂

[raven fulcrum]

pincer claw grip

[timber ridge]

wait what your current mouse?

ik corsair makes wonky peripherals so you could be a normal ftip user but the mouse is forcing you to do a dif grip

[ivory fable]

I would have said g pro super light but that has micro usb ;-;

[thick tartan]

g pro expensive too

on a brighter note

after 2 brutal hours of modding my gmmk compact

my stabs no longer sound like donkey poo

[stray compass]

integrated plate still does tho

[rigid valve]

😛

[raven fulcrum]

i have the glaive from corsair

but i do want something thatll last and is very well built

i already have my dream keyboard

[steep pelican]

Any peripheral will degrade with use

[raven fulcrum]

yeah but theres a difrence in quality between companys

[thick tartan]

you could say that about other integrated plates to like the Idobao or however you spell it lol

all it takes to sound better is putting some sound dampening material

my board sounds crisp now

[daring zenith]

I now have an urge to bandaid mod my stabs

[rigid valve]

lol

[steep pelican]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/788871463221592124/829501591999741952/holee.gif

[daring zenith]

no

[stray compass]

i get it

because holee mod

[thick tartan]

i did the band aid mod

not the holee mod tho

[tight pulsar]

taking some caps off a handful of clears on my carmen and dang are they tight

luckily none of the caps feel loose on other switches, but swapping them to numrow so it doesn't stretch the caps further

[hollow flower]

https://www.amazon.com/LTC-Nimbleback-Ultra-Compact-Hot-Swappable-Stand-Alone/dp/B08X6BHPY7

Is this keyboard any good?

Switches aren’t a big deal since I can always swap them out

[thick tartan]

whats your budget

[rigid valve]

For the price, it’s solid

[hollow flower]

My budget is around 150

For switches and a keyboard

[thick tartan]

ahh

then ye id go for it

youre gonna end up spending like half of tht on switches if u pick fancy ones that is

[rigid valve]

Yea

[hollow flower]

I’m thinking U4Ts

[rigid valve]

150 imo is not custom range unless you spring for bm line

[sharp kindle]

Just get leopold

Or varmillo

[rigid valve]

...because Leopolds def come with Bobas

[thick tartan]

he cant get either of those and switches chief

[sharp kindle]

So? He has to make sacrifices at his budget

[rigid valve]

Huh?

[thick tartan]

?

its HIS budget

[sharp kindle]

Leopold is gonna be better than nimblebadk with bobas

[thick tartan]

and i think he chose a good board

[rigid valve]

He could get a bm65 with Bobas and Akko caps for $150

[thick tartan]

yup

[sharp kindle]

I mean the bm is gonna bottleneck is switch choice

[rigid valve]

Huh

[sharp kindle]

And akko caps are p bad

[thick tartan]

lmfao

[rigid valve]

Bm will bottleneck caps because no cherry

[rigid valve]

W h a t

[sharp kindle]

Yeah bro

Spacebars are bananas

😭

[rigid valve]

Nah bro

[thick tartan]

yea nah bro

[rigid valve]

Akko caps are plenty fine for the price

[sharp kindle]

And they make clones which is morally bad

[thick tartan]

idc about morals

i care about my wallet

[rigid valve]

Lol

[sharp kindle]

@rigid valve friend has akko caps and they’re really warped

[rigid valve]

Cool
Ever heard of variance?

[sharp kindle]

I mean

[thick tartan]

if theyre really warped then ur friend shouldve treated them before using them

[rigid valve]

Sometimes you get the bad stuff
It happpens

[sharp kindle]

Would you want to take those chances

[thick tartan]

hot water fixes tht lol

[sharp kindle]

It’s a known issue with their caps lol

Widespread

[rigid valve]

Instead of listening to someone who randomly shills leopold even though it’s not what I want
Yes I would

[thick tartan]

facts

[sharp kindle]

I don’t randomly shill leopold

They have non RGB mx switches and great double shot pbt

For a great price

[rigid valve]

Which isn’t what Alec was looking for

[sharp kindle]

And imho even though it’s not what they want it’s better

[thick tartan]

mhm

[rigid valve]

He wanted a 65% budget build with bobas

[sharp kindle]

Well if he wants to blow his budget on bobas he can

I was just saying a better alternative in my eyes

[thick tartan]

its better is subective bro

[rigid valve]

Alec you can solder and desolder well right?

[hollow flower]

Yeah perfectly

[rigid valve]

Ok

[thick tartan]

u can build watever keyboard u want and think its good

even if other ppl thinks its dog water

ur decision alone whether u head reviews etc

[rigid valve]

If you like the design of the nimbleback then def go for it
There are also other options for 65% keyboards that you can mod

[hollow flower]

Also I can get 84 bobas for just above 50

[rigid valve]

Eg. Gk64

[sharp kindle]

Whatever he can go buy bobas with 150 bucks imo it’s a bad financial decision

[hollow flower]

So I ain’t blowing my budget on them

[sharp kindle]

Not 65 and objectively bad things

USB port interference

Gk64 is 60 percent with arrows

Not the same thing

[rigid valve]

I
Was
Presenting
Him
With
Options

[thick tartan]

what layout are you loking for 65?

[sharp kindle]

Also has 1u shift which is tricky

[rigid valve]

True

60% arrow keys can be wack

[sharp kindle]

Gk68 exists

[hollow flower]

Either 65 or 75. I need the F keys and Arrow keys

[thick tartan]

ahh kk

[timber ridge]

gk64 cursed

[thick tartan]

can grab a keychron and get decent switches still

[rigid valve]

Yeah I’d grab a Gk68 or Nimbleback for 65%
And for 75% uh prob Keychron

I forgot the 75% budget choices lmao

[sharp kindle]

All gk boards are tbh lol

[thick tartan]

mhmm

[timber ridge]

that one has to be extra cursed tho

[sharp kindle]

Yep 😭

[timber ridge]

with a 150 budget, tbh id jus go leopold

unless you wanna do a build with keychron's c lineup or womier

[sharp kindle]

BRUH

THATS WHAT I SAID

and they started crapping on me

[hollow flower]

Personally I don’t really want cherry switches

[thick tartan]

he wants a board and switches bro

[hollow flower]

I’ve used them for who knows how long and I want something new

[thick tartan]

are u tactile gang or linear

im guessing tactile

[hollow flower]

Tactile

[thick tartan]

ahh kk

u can grab fekker pandas instead of bobas

[hollow flower]

I think I’m going to go with a gmmk pro and bobas

[thick tartan]

if u want to sacrifice that

[hollow flower]

Slightly above budget but barely

[sharp kindle]

Not really

You need caps

[timber ridge]

thats way over budget

[thick tartan]

yup

[hollow flower]

I have a couple sets lying around

[thick tartan]

gmmk is not worth it either

[hollow flower]

Ain’t very good but I can always upgrade in the future

[sharp kindle]

Pro only halfway good option at its price point

Idobao can’t design anything good

[hollow flower]

What’s so bad about it?

[sharp kindle]

They can’t even make a good numpad

[thick tartan]

everything

[timber ridge]

pro is bad as a gasket mount

[thick tartan]

thts just my personal opinion tho

[timber ridge]

its more sandwich but thats not bad ig if you dont care about flex

[thick tartan]

if u want something for that price range just go custom at that point

[sharp kindle]

Pro is bad if you want a true gasket

[sharp kindle]

Huh

[timber ridge]

^

[sharp kindle]

Pro is custom

[timber ridge]

acoustics arent the best either

but def can be modded to sound better

[thick tartan]

i dont consider the pro a custom lol

[sharp kindle]

Yep

Why not

[thick tartan]

talking about a real DIY kit

[timber ridge]

id wait for q1

[thick tartan]

custom

lol

[timber ridge]

q1 already has better gaskets

[sharp kindle]

Huh

[rigid valve]

Consider Keychron Q1

[sharp kindle]

Yes

But that’s another thing

[rigid valve]

Wut

[timber ridge]

we have no idea about q1 pricing tho

[rigid valve]

That is true

[sharp kindle]

Pro is legit 170

Other 75 percent kits are

300+

[rigid valve]

Except the Id80

[hollow flower]

That Q1 looks really good actually for what I want

[thick tartan]

not talking about 75%

he did say 65 too

[sharp kindle]

You’re better off with a pro

[thick tartan]

so

[rigid valve]

Id80v2 isn’t that bad

[sharp kindle]

Still not as good as pro imo

[timber ridge]

kbd needs to drop a d84 lite already

idk why idobao cant use top mount or something

[rigid valve]

Yeah

[sharp kindle]

They don’t know how to make one

[hollow flower]

What’s up with drop keyboards?

Any good or nah

[rigid valve]

Theyre... fine

[sharp kindle]

Dog water

[thick tartan]

no

[sharp kindle]

Dog water

[thick tartan]

theyre not good at all

[timber ridge]

drop garb

[sharp kindle]

Yep

Absolute dog crap

[rigid valve]

Value is lower than Razer

[timber ridge]

drop website sometimes gets good stuff but anything created by drop is garb

their kits atleast

[sharp kindle]

Not to mention drop is just such a horrible vendor

[rigid valve]

Keycaps are good

[thick tartan]

drop is good for keycaps they dont make

LOL

[rigid valve]

lol

[timber ridge]

their kits

[sharp kindle]

Tkc and drop 🤝 horrible vendors that are shilled by beginners

[sharp kindle]

Lance have you heard of dna65?

My god it is so bad

Sold by drop too

[rigid valve]

dna65 lmao

[sharp kindle]

Has big asf smd leds

That don’t fit 90 percent of switches

3 pin north facing

Plate issues

[rigid valve]

But it’s stacked acrylic obv good bro

[hollow flower]

The acrylic looks ugly af

[sharp kindle]

Pcb only supports ahk

[rigid valve]

Wtf is that

[timber ridge]

the clear garb one lol?

[sharp kindle]

Which can get you banned in games that have invasive anti cheats

[sharp kindle]

Yes

[rigid valve]

So what exactly is your budget

[thick tartan]

yo did you guys hear about my boy squashy

[rigid valve]

Yep

[hollow flower]

I’m trying to stick by 150 but I’d be willing to extend it a bit

[thick tartan]

so sad

[rigid valve]

Rip Squashy

[sharp kindle]

What happened

[thick tartan]

demonitized

[sharp kindle]

Oof

[rigid valve]

He got demonitized for a private video from like 4 years ago

[sharp kindle]

Bruh

[thick tartan]

big doo doo tube

yo i can definitely say wowstick is QoL but its a really nice screwdriver

[timber ridge]

he could try going with an 84key kit

[rigid valve]

For 65% you could get a multitude of different prebuilts
For 75% prob Keychron

[timber ridge]

ik rk, yunzii and some other companies offer it

keychron too

[rigid valve]

And then grab some bobas

[thick tartan]

^

[hollow flower]

I could always buy the switches later on

[timber ridge]

bobas are gonna take up a fat part of your budget

like half

[thick tartan]

mhmm

[hollow flower]

More like 50 for 84 of them

[rigid valve]

It might be possible to like
Get a prebuilt
Swap to dz65 pcb
Get bobas
That’ll be slightly over 150

[hollow flower]

Well slightly above 50

[thick tartan]

if u want to hold off on switches go keychron

they come with gateron

which are pretty nice imo as a cherry alt

[hollow flower]

What does swapping out the PCB affect?

[rigid valve]

Dz65 is super super overpriced but it’s really the only big pcb for 65% south facing which is regularly sold separately

[rigid valve]

LED orientation and USB placement mostly

Potentially qmk/via support

[thick tartan]

yo also i made my own keycaps

thoughts?

[rigid valve]

Yo

[rigid valve]

Send

[hollow flower]

Not to be rude by like why should I replace it?

[rigid valve]

Potentially for replacing with Cherry keycaps later
It’s really of minimal importance though

[rigid valve]

Interesting

[hollow flower]

Ahh ok

[rigid valve]

I’m not a fan of the colorway but the legends look really cool

[hollow flower]

Personally I think there’s a bit too much going on

[thick tartan]

thats okay

[rigid valve]

“GMK Rune”
Just imagine that

[thick tartan]

its a theme from an anime

[rigid valve]

Switch the colorway to like navy, light grey, and brown
And u got GMK RUNE

[thick tartan]

facts

[hollow flower]

How is this? https://kprepublic.com/products/bm80rgb-bm80-rgb-80-hot-swappable-custom-mechanical-keyboard-pcb-programmed-qmk-via-firmware-full-rgb-switch-underglow-type-c?variant=39857758601379

[rigid valve]

Bm line is good

[hollow flower]

I’d have like 30-40 for key caps if I get Kit 4

[rigid valve]

Shipping may be a while

[hollow flower]

And bobas

[rigid valve]

Anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks usually

[hollow flower]

That ain’t bad

I’ve waited a lot longer for stuff for guitars

Also I’ve been seeing like some really nice key caps with almost like rounded corners, what are those?

[rigid valve]

You’ll have room
Just know that good caps are around 50, which will push the budget

[rigid valve]

Lemme pull some images for reference

[thick tartan]

the rounded edge ones youve seen are probably xda

[rigid valve]

Or maybe KAT

[thick tartan]

yup tht too

[hollow flower]

Something like this

Not a huge fan of the colors on that specific one but I really like the shape

[rigid valve]

That looks like a relatively uniform profile
So it’s probably XDA or DSA

[hollow flower]

Any recommendations for key caps?

[rigid valve]

Idk anything about xda or dsa sorry

[tight pulsar]

xda sakura from a while ago https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/5g0puw/photos_xda_sakura_keycap_photos_gb_details_in/

[hollow flower]

Ahh so it is XDA

[tight pulsar]

yeah

[hollow flower]

Any recommendations for them?

[rigid valve]

Are there any specific colorways you’re looking for

[tight pulsar]

for cheap xda/dsa just look on amazon

modifiers won't be the best but they should be at least okay

[hollow flower]

The keyboard case is black so I’m trying to find something that would go well with it

Maybe like blueish key caps?

[split nimbus]

Bobas are amazing

[steep pelican]

I just had a good idea for a keycap set but surely it’s got to have been made already - Gmk Chess

Checkerboard like pattern in the alphas with some Special keys with chess pieces on them

[thick tartan]

i dont think so

i havent seen anyone make card suites yet

and that would be a dope set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKDRv_TSTQA&ab_channel=baekihyunbaekihyun

😩

[queen sigil]

brass overrated

[thick tartan]

idrc for brass

i like PC personally

[gleaming pond]

thats a lot of colors

[stray compass]

set would be so expensive

[rigid valve]

Facts

[rigid valve]

lmao normie

PC has no personality

Embrace FR4 plate

[tight pulsar]

pc is nice

[rigid valve]

It’s so bland

[tight pulsar]

also keyboard people what do you think the first alice style board was

[rigid valve]

Alice board

[wanton burrow]

tgr?

wait no

it's em something

forgot

still not sure

[sharp kindle]

Brass bad

[west hornet]

https://youtu.be/EEk8SAGj5F0

woah there is a 4

[rigid valve]

woah

[stray compass]

Phantom coming with FR4 and POM plate

i suspect i’ll like POM more but it’ll be interesting to try them

[rigid valve]

ayee

reject PC blandness

embrace fr4 amd pon

[stray compass]

especially coming from only using alu and steel before

it doesn’t even have a PC plate option lol

[tight pulsar]

pom and pc are very similar, pom is just slightly deeper

shoutout to the person who is willing to send me tx films for free on mm

[still lily]

any good mic for 70$

is a fifine mic any good

?

[gloomy berry]

Antlion ModMic is good too

Been happy with mine

[rigid valve]

ive heard some decent things about the behringer bigfoot

but thats a lil over budget

[rigid valve]

does anyone have like a monitor cheat sheet or sum

[daring zenith]

rtings is the cheat sheet

[rigid valve]

rtings good monitor recommendations?

their headphone recommendations are trash

[gloomy berry]

Monitors are good

[rigid valve]

ok

thanks

[gloomy berry]

Headphones are too subjective to review reliably

Monitors are pretty cut and dry

[rigid valve]

that is true

kinda

but yes

[daring zenith]

rtings headphone reviews are just

[gloomy berry]

I mean you can look at a sound profile and it sounds completely different to different people

[daring zenith]

it's 50% about how it feels

25% about build quality

15% on random crap

10% actually how it sounds

[rigid valve]

"The VMODA Crossfade M100 has an 8/10 for balanced sound. Overall, the headphones are a reliable choice for neutral listening."

not even joking they got an 8 on bass accuracy

[daring zenith]

lol

I believe their frequency response charts are still useful

but apart from that

[rigid valve]

the charts are useful

but the interpretations are bad

[daring zenith]

like

[rigid valve]

. . .

[daring zenith]

aaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

point is their headphone reviews are crap from a top down perspective

[timber ridge]

brass do be kinda interesting with a long pole stem

[timber ridge]

fifine good, q2u another option

[stray compass]

i’ll be using pom with long pole bottom out switches

i guess i’ll let you guys know

[rigid valve]

ok

[timber ridge]

basically budget holy bobas if anyone is interested https://cannonkeys.com/collections/featured/products/neapolitan-ice-cream-switch?variant=39811306913903

[rigid valve]

yeah nes are exploding

[tight pulsar]

3mm travel yike

[timber ridge]

yea quite a lot

[west hornet]

Headphones are tricky

Some of it is very much technical but lot is subjective, not everyone even prefer very technically accurate headphone

[timber ridge]

it is

you can talk two ppl who own a lot of stuff and are very experience and theyll give you two complete opinions about an item

[wraith roost]

Portico is complete

[steep pelican]

i kinda want to pick up some banana splits

even tho they over hyped

hmm or alpacas

[stray compass]

banana splits or banana splits

[steep pelican]

i meant alpacas lol

i want that clack

[stray compass]

consider sp stars

[steep pelican]

uhhh, thats a tactile lol

wait they make more than one switch nvm lol

[stray compass]

there are tactile and linear variants

[rigid valve]

SP Stars ew

[steep pelican]

im going to stick with my new tactiles for a min before i start buying any more switches lol

[wanton burrow]

wait i thought it's a premade zykos? no?

[wanton burrow]

nice mat! i hope ya won't get TKCed

[timber ridge]

yea but theyre super close to holy bobas

[tight pulsar]

are they really zykos without being $2

[rigid valve]

I’ve heard that Neos are quickly taking over the tactile scene

Normal neopolitans make Nykos, some of the cheapest -yko switches of all time

[timber ridge]

some ppl are making absurd combos with them

[rigid valve]

Yuh

[timber ridge]

unrelated but this is a goated extension if anyone wants it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/picture-in-picture-extens/hkgfoiooedgoejojocmhlaklaeopbecg

[wraith roost]

https://tenor.com/view/combo-breaker-combo-gif-15109656

[steep pelican]

You don’t even make frankenswitches smh

[wraith roost]

I have 75 extra switches to make frankenswifxhes

They let me keep the kiwis from the recall for free

And sent replacements

So I can use the extra recalled ones to make Frankens

[rigid valve]

Kiwis have limited frankie-making usefulness

Only good for creamsicles and sojus

[timber ridge]

creamsicle bad

most ppl who make it run into clearance issues

[sharp kindle]

Wdym ew

They’re a good high pitched switch

For a moderate price

[thick tartan]

i dunno man

Think i would go with box jades imo at tht point

wait

im confusing these with something else nvm

@timber ridge

sheeeesh

[sturdy sinew]

is voicemeeter banana any good?

[stray compass]

wat

[ancient mortar]

any recommendations on a TKL keyboard that have macros keys also?

I wanted to take reddragon VISHNU K596 but it came with red switchs so no

[rigid valve]

Keychron C1 or K2

[stray compass]

Clem what’s ew about SP Stars

just curious

[rigid valve]

No opportunity for frankies
Would much rather buy a switch that can be used later
Also the colors are meh imo

Just a preference call

[thick tartan]

which variant?

[stray compass]

he didn’t specify which he thought was ew

anyways, they’re a good step up from your average jwk in most regards, similar price, less stem and housing wobble, similarly has a distinctive clack

[rigid valve]

Meh

I would say no

But preference etc etc

[stray compass]

well two of those things are objectively correct, but if you don’t like their sound as you’ve heard it, that’s fine lol

[rigid valve]

Ehhhhhhh

You see

Some JWKs have much more wobble than others, eg TKC fruits
From what I’ve seen SP Star wobble isn’t spectacular compared to like Alpacas

[thick tartan]

im guessing youre talking about linears or tactiles?

[stray compass]

its the same mold

[rigid valve]

And what the hell you mean similar price

[thick tartan]

if its tactiles i think for the price u got better options

if its linears id go gat yellows or alpacas and call it a day

[stray compass]

https://kumamech.com/collections/switches/products/polaris-switches these are roughly 58c for the 70ct option

most jwks are 55c or 65c in the western market

[rigid valve]

:p

[stray compass]

its not stocked yet, they're being sold in the July 2021 in stock release there

[rigid valve]

Ok

GL on the restock

[stray compass]

not even going for them lol, i was planning to but pivoted'

[rigid valve]

oh lol

[stray compass]

either going nylon sp stars or raeds at this point probs

[rigid valve]

Presumably for clack?

[thick tartan]

super raeds

sheeesh

[rigid valve]

imo get raeds for sound and color

[stray compass]

raeds is my current plan at this point, not a ton of info about them that ive seen so im interested to see how they are

interesting mix of housing mats and uhmwpe stem

[rigid valve]

Raeds are good
They just aren’t mainstream

[stray compass]

cba to care about the color, doesn't fit with the theme im going with but idc

[rigid valve]

Lots of attention in the frankenswitch community for their color and popularized by Darlings

[thick tartan]

did u guys hear about durock sunflowers

[rigid valve]

Yuh

[thick tartan]

lowkey interested theyre pretty nice from reviews i eas looking at

all pom housing sheeesh

[rigid valve]

Sheeeeesh

[thick tartan]

but im just waiting for banana splits

[rigid valve]

That stem finna be juicy

Someone’s gonna make a Frankie with that stem

[thick tartan]

yupp

[hollow flower]

Is there anything wrong with the Drop ENTR? It seems like a really nice keyboard for $100

[rigid valve]

It’s really no better than a Keychron C1 or K2
If you want the low profile then go for it tho

[hollow flower]

Is it worth losing hot-swap for the aluminum case?

[rigid valve]

imo absolutely not
But that’s mostly because I can’t solder

[hollow flower]

Because I know I can solder switches if I ever want to swap them out

[rigid valve]

Soldering and desoldering much more time consuming

[hollow flower]

True

[thick tartan]

anything drop makes is dog water tho

honestly going keychron would be a better option

[rigid valve]

is it ok if i make a copypasta for audio stuff and keeb stuff and mice stuff
sort of like what they have in buildapc

[wanton burrow]

alu case =/= better

[hollow flower]

So I should buy a keychron and some nice switches with it?

[thick tartan]

yee

[hollow flower]

Is there any better TKL hot-swappable keychron than the C1?

[stray compass]

k8 but its not really better unless you need wireless and have money to burn

[rigid valve]

why are TKL kits so rare lmao

[thick tartan]

true

[rigid valve]

it goes from $80 keychron to $160 Hex Gemini Dusk to $750 TGR Jane

[hollow flower]

Just out of curiosity what makes drop keyboards dog water?

[rigid valve]

theres obviously stuff between the Hex and Jane i was just trying to illustrate my point

[rigid valve]

They're good keyboards and will do keyboard things, but the pricing is just horrendous.

The DROP Control is $200 when you can get a Hex Gemini Dusk for $160 when it's literally the exact same keyboard

same case and everything

actually a super cool case

hm

new item on the buying list

[hollow flower]

So I’m guessing $100 is also overpriced for the ENTR?

[rigid valve]

unless you want the aluminum low-profile case, which is a preference call

[hollow flower]

I would go for the Hex Gemini but I prefer the recessed switches into the case

[rigid valve]

makes sense

i feel ya

[steep pelican]

Isn’t there some stuff around the 400 dollar mark

[rigid valve]

prob

idk any of them though

not worth shopping for stuff i won't be able to afford until 20 years later

[steep pelican]

Like frog tkl or whatever lance was talking about

[rigid valve]

wasnt that a gb

[steep pelican]

All expensive keyboards are group buys lol

And I don’t think it has started yet

[rigid valve]

lol

it doesnt look like it

[hollow flower]

What are group buys?

[rigid valve]

basically glorified pre-ordering
buy the product now, get it in a year

[hollow flower]

Eww

[steep pelican]

Oh also the mode80

[rigid valve]

lol

[steep pelican]

That’s a tkl

[rigid valve]

most high-end keyboards and keycaps come in groupbuys

some switches too

[steep pelican]

Switch group buys usually only month or two month lead time tho

[wanton burrow]

limited constant instock for frog iirc

[rigid valve]

ah

[hollow flower]

Is there anything like the Drop ENTR but better value?

Because I really like the aluminum case on it

[rigid valve]

with the low-profile case?

[wanton burrow]

hmmm

[wanton burrow]

Leopold FC750R

[hollow flower]

Not sure if it’s low profile or not but here’s the link

https://www.amazon.com/Drop-ENTR-Mechanical-Keyboard-Shine-Through/dp/B08JPMNRZY/ref=asc_df_B08JPMNRZY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475771772771&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7715367297351900124&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004538&hvtargid=pla-1029433333111&psc=1

[rigid valve]

hm

[hollow flower]

Not a fan of Leopold because of the cherry switches

[rigid valve]

im not familiar with any cases that look like that

[hollow flower]

And it’s even more expensive than the Drop

[wanton burrow]

huh what?

what the problem about cherry switches?

[rigid valve]

cherry housings 🤌

[wanton burrow]

dont see a problem with those unless u mean the cursed spring

[hollow flower]

I’ve used them for about 6-7 years now and I’m sick and tired of them

[wanton burrow]

lol

[rigid valve]

lol

[wanton burrow]

ic

wait

perhaps womier k87 but i think it uses north facing leds so

[hollow flower]

What does that mean?

[rigid valve]

so on a keyboard with per-key rgb

the LED is either on the top or the bottom

facing you or facing away

north-facing LEDs cause interference with Cherry-profile keycaps

[hollow flower]

Ahh ok

[hollow flower]

Are there any womier keyboards without the RGB case?

[wanton burrow]

also dependent on keycap manu on where the interference would be

[wanton burrow]

no just turn it off

[rigid valve]

dont thinkso

[hollow flower]

Ahh ok

[thick tartan]

you can just turn it off honestly

[hollow flower]

You know I think I’m just going to buy the Drop Entr, I like the way it looks and $100 isn’t that big of a deal on the wallet

[thick tartan]

yeah go for it dude its your money its what you like afterall

[steep pelican]

The barebones is 100 dollars?

[rigid valve]

the full is 100 iirc

[hollow flower]

Full is $100

Also I can always frakenswitch the halo trues with yok pandas

[steep pelican]

Yeah I was going to say that

[rigid valve]

POLAR PANDAS

[thick tartan]

if you frankeswitch halo trues

you should get t1s

[rigid valve]

or pandas

[thick tartan]

excellent frankenswitch

[rigid valve]

or bobas

or anything really

[hollow flower]

I was thinking of getting bobas in the first place actually

[thick tartan]

then hell yeah there u go

[hollow flower]

$100 for the keyboard, 50 for the bobas

Heheheh

[rigid valve]

hehee

[steep pelican]

Is drop enter hotswap

[rigid valve]

dont think so

only ctrl

[hollow flower]

Nope

But I can solder

[sharp kindle]

Bro they ain’t restocking

[thick tartan]

wat?

[sharp kindle]

Splits

[thick tartan]

mine are literally in shipment bro lmfao

[sharp kindle]

Ohh

[sharp kindle]

You got them from swag keys or sum right

I thought you meant on tkc

[thick tartan]

hell no

[stray compass]

Weengson moment'

[rigid valve]

lmao

[sharp kindle]

Ok buddy

Time to ban in glorious disc

[stray compass]

bet

[rigid valve]

Ewww glorious

Stinky

[stray compass]

discord good

products eh, gmmk pro alright but not as good as expected

[queen sigil]

god i hate wangson

what an idiot stinky poo pee head

[rigid valve]

^^

[rigid valve]

should i get zen dac or spend the extra $50 on a schiit stack

[sharp kindle]

The disc ain’t bad

Actually

You might not like it

Our kb channel too based

[rigid valve]

probably just leopold shills and glube chuggers

[sharp kindle]

We shill leopold for a reason

And we don’t shill glube

[rigid valve]

cuz you can't think of anything else

[sharp kindle]

Bruh

Varmillo also good

[rigid valve]

and can you think of anything else?

[sharp kindle]

What do you have against leopold

[rigid valve]

Leopold keebs are great

good for business

and very professional

[sharp kindle]

Huh

[rigid valve]

but there are plenty of other options as well

not just LEOPOLD VARMILLO

[sharp kindle]

Leopold uses nylon Mx switches and has the best prebuilt caps

Also good stock stabs

[rigid valve]

haha

thats funny

[sharp kindle]

Also we don’t just shill leopold and varmillo

[rigid valve]

oh yeah

mhm

[sharp kindle]

There are other good prebuilts

But leopold is shilled for a reason bro lmao

And varmillo too

[rigid valve]

like..?

can you find some

[sharp kindle]

Keychron c series

Durgod with alu case

Hhkb

[rigid valve]

heh

doesnt mention the multitude of prebuilts at the $100 range

[sharp kindle]

Why should I

[rigid valve]

next thing we know you're gonna tell us the DNA65 is a solid stacked acrylic case at the sub 100 range

[sharp kindle]

Leopold is 10 dollars more and miles better in terms of quality

[sharp kindle]

I literally crapped on dna65 the other day?!??

[stray compass]

so Leopold isn’t a good option now but bobas in a $150 build is

[rigid valve]

weengson desperately tries to restore his reputation and not be seen as a leopold shill and a dickhead

[rigid valve]

if you want bobas then get bobas

i dont care

[stray compass]

why wouldn’t you like leopold

[rigid valve]

i dont not like leopold

but i try to find other prebuilts at a similar price

which there are

there are plenty

[daring zenith]

gib examples

[rigid valve]

ok

Leopold's 65% uses a different layout so that's not something i can compare to

but

[stray compass]

leopold is a good option because it provides a full package of good features that you don’t have to mod, it’s great for people that want a good keeb but don’t want to get into the hobby

[rigid valve]

this is true

but like
if you're gonna spend so much money on a keyboard you might as well get some upgrades

get a keychron hotswap and some new switches and stabs
it would literally take 15 minutes to install them

[stray compass]

new and better stabs still aren’t gonna be good without modding, but from what i’ve heard via leopold useres the stabs on there are fine stock

[rigid valve]

first statement i disagree with

second one i don't know enough about the comment on

[stray compass]

basically no stabs are worth writing home about unmodded

[rigid valve]

um

no

no

just no

[stray compass]

please name some stabs that are good without any mods

[daring zenith]

this channel is fun to watch

[rigid valve]

everglide pandas are plenty good plate-mounts

[queen sigil]

wangson knows probs the most out of like everybody

besides nachos

nachos weirdchamp

[stray compass]

guy is a mega nerd

[daring zenith]

Nachos comes once in a while

[stray compass]

Weengson that is

[daring zenith]

And spreads the knowledge

[queen sigil]

nachos knows too much

[queen sigil]

peenson

[stray compass]

bruh

[sharp kindle]

How am I a dickhead

[rigid valve]

its preference

[sharp kindle]

Oh not this again

When I told him to get leopold?

Building at 150 with bobas isn’t a good idea imho

[rigid valve]

same

but if you want bobas then you should get bobas

not shill leopold

[sharp kindle]

But I’m not gonna talk abt this anymore

[queen sigil]

imo id ur gonna be getting good switches

at lwast get a decent keyboard

[rigid valve]

wait leyo do you type with dv

or qwerty

[queen sigil]

if ur getting a cheap keyboard just dont put expensive switches

just get busget ones

switches are like the last thing you should spend money on

after stuff like stabs , keyboard, and keycaps

[rigid valve]

disagree

but preference

[sharp kindle]

You can’t just say preference about everything

Bruh I miss the Dino lance leyo era

[stray compass]

seems as if i've missed the prime of #peripherals-and-displays

its a shame

[rigid valve]

naw bro
the prime was when droq and skiptrace got in a huge fight and vintage ghost-muted droq

[stray compass]

i still missed it bro

[rigid valve]

oh i thought you were there

rip

[stray compass]

nah lol

ive been here for two weeks or something

yup, just checked

exactly two weeks, actually

[rigid valve]

damn

[queen sigil]

that sounds terrible

2 people who think they know everything

[rigid valve]

i think that was when you had left

[queen sigil]

[rigid valve]

it was hilarious

[daring zenith]

skiptrace is fun to watch

[rigid valve]

he is

[gloomy berry]

I muted both

[rigid valve]

mhm yes

[gloomy berry]

You also missed some epicness in general a few days later XD

[gleaming pond]

My dream switches are cherry box jades they're super expensive tho but they're a pretty good linear I heard

yea man idk

[rigid valve]

whut

[gleaming pond]

kek ik

[stray compass]

solid silent switches

[gleaming pond]

LMAO

[stray compass]

known for their smooth linear travel and uhmwpe stem

[gleaming pond]

cherry box jades

totally real switches

[rigid valve]

guys the best switches are vintage razer greens

[gleaming pond]

oh god

A razer board with RGB or NK65 entry with lubed stabs, gateron ink blacks, and some budget keycaps... ofc the razer board

[stray compass]

vintage razer switches are actually cherry iirc lol

cherry nylons

[daring zenith]

cherry box jade..
the heck

[gleaming pond]

kek

[stray compass]

meme

[daring zenith]

I see

ofc they'd be silent

very silent

[gleaming pond]

Kailh box jades are bad because they're clicky and they don't cost $1.20 USD a switch so they're cheap and nasty

kek

cherry box jades best switch

[sharp kindle]

Yep

They used to use cherry switches

And then they decided to “innovate”

[stray compass]

i too love bad switches and overpriced keyboards

[gleaming pond]

way better than good keyboards

kek

[tight pulsar]

just get a hhkb and leave the hobby

[sand igloo]

is the keychron c2 w/ gateron reds a good keyboard?