Top x worst sounding keys. Also, at 9:57 KZfaq’s auto captions thinks the sound of the SKCM Blue key switches is music.

Don't let all the junk about keyfeel, lifespan, or doubleshot caps trick you; this is what we're really here for.

Owning a few of these on the list I have to caution that sound of these switches are greatly enhanced in their large, sturdy plastic shells. So don’t go getting any ideas about stripping them out and doing an aluminum build for an even better experience. Did it. Mistakes were made.

A Cherry switch in a top list? Who are you and what have you done to Thomas?

0:22 More subjective. Not more objective.

Its new year im on the toilet puking watching this

My gosh, the keys at 5:30 sound so CLEAN! I need mech keyboards with that quality!

Pinging is a turn off imo This might be an unpopular opinion but I can't get enough of Gateron Black switches sound. Especially lubed.

My favourite part is the last two minutes

My ears have never felt this good. Thank you.

We have tooling for the Scorpius rubber dome. We used it in the Matias USB 2.0 Keyboard back in the day. Amazing feel.

Finally someone who isn’t afraid to go back a few decades to find the best keyboards

Sound Tests (because that's probably why you came here) 7. Omron B3G-S Amber 2:02 6. IBM Membrane Buckling Springs 3:16 5. Cherry Solid State Capacitive 4:01 4. NMB Hi-Tek Series 725 'Space Invaders': Linear 4:45, Clicky 5:00, Lubed 5:30 3. Fujitsu Tactile Magnetic Reed 6:56 2. Scorpius Dome with Slider 8:07 1. Alps SKCL/SKCL Entire Collection: Green 8:57, Yellow 9:02, Orange 9:07, Salmon 9:12, Neon Green 9:17, Black 9:22, White 9:27, Blue 9:32, Blue (with mic on the desk) 9:47 Hope this helps :)

Thomas, I'm with you 100% on the bass-y *thwack* key sound. Absolutely love it. I was enchanted by the BOX Navy switches after watching your demo video (kind of surprised they didn't make this list,) and at some point I'm hoping to do a custom build by soldering them into an older keyboard. Do you have any keyboard recommendations? I'm not a rich man, so I'd like to keep the board under $50 (£38ish.) I'd welcome anyone else's advice as well. :)

Watching this on my break! Well spent!

Surprising list, except for the ending. Your videos have long legs - worth watching several times. The clicky space invaders sounded great.

Was hoping to see NEC blue ovals. Maybe they would've been in the honorable mentions (if you had a list in the video)

The SKCM Blue is by far the most distinctive.

Really love your voice and vocabulary. Thanks for this video!

My personal top two are the Fujitsu and lubed Space Invaders. The keycaps for both of them are a really nice bonus too, they are simply beeeejoootifuuuul!!

I love this line from number 7: "... although if you're in a shared office you'll probably find co-workers plotting your untimely demise very soon." Understandable for a particularly noisy keyboard, but still an amusing line.

2:48 mr krabs as a switch ?

The Fujitsu magnetic reed reminds me of a typewriter. The mechanism is fascinating yet hard to visualize. I must try not to fall in love with it because I know it is probably impossible to find.

Love these vids keep up the good work

thanks for the asmr :)

Are we going to get a video for best colour switches next?

Guy with gold, relaxing voice making "Asmr". HEAVEN.

Hey Tom, for a possible next video could you make a video on your top recommendations for switches you could actually get to make to make for custom gaming boards?

Wow the space invaders sounded amazing!!!

Reopen than Model F, it needs some realignment. Insides are shifted to the right, F-row should be centered :)

Never knew about Alps switches before coming across your channel. Now have a vintage keyboard with SKCM whites. Honestly I'm now making this comment longer than intended just because of the noise!

Another great video!

I use a really really loud keyboard at home... which is surprisingly enough a rubberdome, which are generally quiet. It is one of the best rubberdomes out there.

Hi tek lubed iso perfectly for me

a wonderful review!! Thank you

A top 10 best modern switch(still in production/available to buy new in keyboard) personally i bet if the list is actually done, Matias click and Unicomp bucking springs are taking the top spots

Guh... those Space Invaders sound so good... and those lubed ones... my body is ready.

I like how you got to the KB-101A and seemingly forgot to stop typing again ^^ The sound is delicious, so i have absolutely no complaint about it, it just seemed like you got to your favorite, and decided to stay there after having 5-6 seconds of each of the other SKCM keyboards :)

I might like the keyboard asmr, but i love your voice. Great video

THIS IS THE VIDEO I NEEDED LOL great vid tho instant sub

The skcm blue get my 1st place. I love the sound of greetech blue switches, despite the bad reputation they have. I bought the omen keyboard only for the sound they make! Overpriced as hell but yeah, it was a sale so I bought it.

4:00 4:44 6:56 8:07 9:02 I enjoyed these the most gotta love those deep thocky switches

The Acer KB-101A sounds amazing. If you haven't done so already, could you please make an extended typing test video?

Have you looked at Tai-Hao 280g green switches yet?

Now I really want an Acer KB-101A ... Damn this hobby eats your money up!

My favourite switch sound is definitely the silenced Topre found on the PFU limited edition R2, it is PCB mount and not plate mount unlike the rest of the R2's, and has a very similar sound to the HHKB type S, but a little more refined, and the spacebar is silenced too this time. I really didn't like the Fujitsu N860, it sounds kind of like it's squeaking, Overall I really enjoyed this video and thank you for compiling these lists.

WOW! I am amazed to see that RMB RT8255C+ with colored keys. Does it have the split spacebar? I have two of them but without the colored caps (is that a custom job?). BY FAR my favorite keyboard of all time going back to the 80's. It is just so satisfying and nothing quite like it even util this day. I'm hoping my new K8 Pro with Kailh Box Jades with o-ring dampers will give me a similar feel. The 8255 had lower profile sculpted keys (closer to KAT or MDA) and only about 3 to 3.2mm travel and with smoother edges compared to the IBM/OEM keyboards of the day. I could type faster on the keyboard than any other board. Beautiful specimen you have there.

the last clip of skcm blue with mic on desk is literally heaven on my ears

That last several minutes I thought I was in heaven lol

well, I'm not even interested on watching keyboards videos periodically,but your voice alone made me to subscribe #nohomo

I love your videos!!!

I like the space invaders clicky switch, and the SKCM Neon Green/Blue. Also, what does it mean for a switch to be "tactile"?

6:55 where can i buy this?

That Acer KB-101A with SKCM Blue Alps, pure eargasm!

I like the SKCM neon green and black. And the Scorpius Dome is real good sounding!

So... Would my cherry mx pink (red silent) switches be one of the worst sounding ones (cus you mainly hear them being scratchy)

This is actually interesting, as someone who was introduced to mechanical keyboards somewhat later and haven't even heard of some of these brands. They certainly don't make em like they used to. It's a real pity that so many people just getting into mechanical keyboards is only ever going to really hear about the big-name mainstream brands and will never get to experience some of these. Those SKCM sound absolutely divine, I would love to have them in my ergodox...

Someone will say : i never clicked so fast at a video!

And this is what I was waiting for

I would love to see a remade keyboard with fujitsu magetic reed as well as those damn thick keycaps and with speculation, chasse.

No, you are best-sounding

Top Keycaps of all time would be sweet too :)

The last one was minimal techno, nice job :D

I REALLY want those Fujistu switches. Did Fujitsu make any keyboards other than that one with Reed switches? I've been looking around and its pretty much impossible to get their pre-1980 boards.

SKCM Blue sent me into a trance o_O

Me going from Cherry MX Blue to SKCM Blue is like going from a GTX 960 to an RTX 3070TI.

Ah the Northgate omnikey. That was a beauty with the dip switches under the logo. My favorite keyboard was from an IBM 3101 terminal. Besides the screen having super long latency phosphor, the keyboard had a great feel and sound in a rounded steel chassis. Sadly it was destroyed by movers.

Hello... Do you pay also attention to the plastik of the caps because of the force to move the fingers from one cap to the next... Like plastik or elephant-teeth in a piano?

i am genuinely surprised by blue alps being number 1. thought you hated them.

I kind of expected to see kailh box navies here but I guess that wasn't the case.

Great list! Now I'm itching to try a Space Invaders board. However, I'm somewhat surprised that none of the Kailh Box switches, such as the Box Navies, made the list. On a metal switch plate, they do sound awesome, despite the heaviness.

Where can I buy some of the older keyboards I mean the ones at the begining

if your voice was a keyswitch, i would take the entire stock

It's really too bad Alps Electric don't care to resell and manufacture keyboards or switches worldwide today.

What is the keyboard in the channel intro supposed to sound like?

In the beginning the correct word is subjective. Great video, keep it up!

Before watching the vid: green alps better be on this

Lubed is always better ;) Damn, I love the sound of those keys!!

Those keycaps on the Cherry Foam and Foil were amazeballs.

I'd like to buy a white, full-size mechanical keyboard (no TKLs) with switches most similar to ALPS Blues or Whites. RGB doesn't really matter. Any ideas?

bro are you technoblades brother?

9:15 music to my ears

My keybaord sounds like this 2:46 , do you have any tips on how to remove that sound

Do you know which switches where used to make the keyboard sounds in the intro

YOUR VOICE IS BETTER THAN THE KEYS

"sound is rather objective" < subjective surely

I really want some orange alps switches... I've just been afraid of getting a board with damaged switches otherwise I'd have gone and found myself a board with them already.

I work in an open space with about 15 - 32 senior clients on a daily basis, and they would shoot me if I was typing on any of these boards. I just had to order some clear rubber o-rings for a Rosewill Cherry MX Brown board(found it used dirt cheap) to make it a bit more quiet lol! Edit: Please do a list on the best quiet non rubber domes that are also not hard to get ahold of, as it would great for people like myself who work in an office, and also share a house with multiple family members who go to bed early due to work schedules.

He sounds like a deeper voice Loki

Clicky space invaders were my favorite :)

Could you list the keyboards you've featured in this video please?

Chyrosran22: *has a hell of a deep voice* Also Chyrosran22: "I like deep sounding switches" that is WAY too deep for both my mental and physical health

Top 10 heaviest switches :D

It’s like 10:30 I have to wake up at six I have an exam tomorrow Lol I like buttons tho

in my opinion most switches except for pingy ones sound fairly nice, but i also have a strong preference for lubed tactile/linear switches c:

Chyrosan, what did you do to clean and lube your Hi-tek board? I have a board with black two eye clickies, but i have some serious binding issues. I hate to discard the board because of the issues, but it's super frustrating to use in it's current state.

0:23 subjective

Best sounding switch: The keys in your intro

Just got a keyboard that sounds just like the IBM m model. Hate it. Do I need to pay rediculous prices to get a popping noise on each key?😅

I'm melting over those SKCM switches oh my god