Re: Keyboard suggestion for Model F, but quieter.
Posted: 21 Jun 2022, 16:37
If you don't mind linear switches instead of tactile or clicky, Zenith ZKB-2... Best layout, great switches (Alps SKCL Green) and better built than Model M!
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My experience is actually the complete opposite - no offence, my good Mu!Muirium wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 16:57Got a before and after video, or even a half done board?
From what I gather, floss mod is a fair bit of work to dampen quite a lot of the sound. Not most of it, though. And there is a bit of deadening on the click feel. On a nice light F, it makes it heavier and less responsive, like M is, or such is my impression.
Naturally, I’ve never tried it. The lively cacophony is a major part of the F factor for me!
Yes, ZKB-2 is a great board. I never seem to be able to find them for a reasonable price without them having looked like they were recovered from the Titanic once I have a good look at the plate though.clickandthock wrote: ↑21 Jun 2022, 16:37If you don't mind linear switches instead of tactile or clicky, Zenith ZKB-2... Best layout, great switches (Alps SKCL Green) and better built than Model M!
I always floss-mod Model Fs, I would describe it as mostly cutting out the higher overtones which are the annoying ones.Bjerrk wrote: ↑21 Jun 2022, 19:48My experience is actually the complete opposite
I swear by floss modding.
In fact, its gotten to the point where I always floss mod my buckling spring keyboards.
It does a world of good for the sound -- makes it sound much more refined
sounds quite a bit classier than their un-flossed selves.
Yeah, they're not as high pitched in the first place. Still, it's enough that my wife noticed a definite improvement in the sound after I floss modded my Model M
Yeah! They are so pricey...Maledicted wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 18:34Yes, ZKB-2 is a great board. I never seem to be able to find them for a reasonable price without them having looked like they were recovered from the Titanic once I have a good look at the plate though.clickandthock wrote: ↑21 Jun 2022, 16:37If you don't mind linear switches instead of tactile or clicky, Zenith ZKB-2... Best layout, great switches (Alps SKCL Green) and better built than Model M!
Built much better than a Model M. It can be easily argued that the Model M isn't built very well at all by comparison to its peers.