Having issues with KBCompare. Once I fix the errors, I'll add the link in the YT description. __________ DISCLAIMER Not every sound test will mimic what a keyboard sounds like in real life. I suggest listening to other sound tests and taking everything with a grain of salt. I am not a professional, my room is not sound-treated, and a lot of my boom arms are attached to the desk that I am typing on. I do not do sound tests to be as accurate as possible and portray what a board sounds like perfectly in real life. This is something I do for fun! I will continue to improve my sound tests with better lighting, video, and audio, but please do not take my videos as professional-grade or “how a keyboard with this config will sound like”. I hope that using different mics will illustrate that depending on your mic, you may catch higher/lower frequencies better than other mics, and some mics sound naturally “brighter” or “darker” than other mics, even without any filters or any sort of post-processing. __________ GMK Striker Start 00:00 Q2U 00:22 Pixel 01:01 Q9U 01:40 AT2020 02:19 NT1 02:58 VideoMic GO II 03:37 Lewitt 04:16 JTK Griseann Q2U 05:02 Pixel 05:40 Q9U 06:19 AT2020 06:58 NT1 07:37 VideoMic GO II 08:16 Lewitt 08:55 KKB Jindo Q2U 09:52 Pixel 10:31 Q9U 11:10 AT2020 11:49 NT1 12:28 VideoMic GO II 13:07 Lewitt 13:46 Wuque Akuamarin (ABS) Q2U 14:29 Pixel 15:08 Q9U 15:47 AT2020 16:26 NT1 17:05 VideoMic GO II 17:44 Lewitt 18:23 DCX Garnet Q2U 19:33 Pixel 20:12 Q9U 20:51 AT2020 21:30 NT1 22:09 VideoMic GO II 22:48 Lewitt 23:27 DCS WoB Q2U 24:20 Pixel 25:00 Q9U 25:39 AT2020 26:18 NT1 26:57 VideoMic GO II 27:36 Lewitt 28:15 PBTFans Ronin (ABS) Q2U 29:13 Pixel 29:52 Q9U 30:31 AT2020 31:10 NT1 31:49 VideoMic GO II 32:28 Lewitt 33:07 Shurikey Hanzo 002 Q2U 34:15 Pixel 34:54 Q9U 35:33 AT2020 36:12 NT1 36:51 VideoMic GO II 37:30 Lewitt 38:09 Domikey Semiconductor Q2U 38:57 Pixel 39:36 Q9U 40:15 AT2020 40:54 NT1 41:33 VideoMic GO II 42:12 Lewitt 42:51 EnjoyPBT WoB (ABS) Q2U 44:05 Pixel 44:44 Q9U 45:23 AT2020 46:02 NT1 46:42 VideoMic GO II 47:20 Lewitt 48:00 Mode Tomorrow (ABS Blend) Q2U 48:58 Pixel 49:37 Q9U 50:16 AT2020 50:55 NT1 51:34 VideoMic GO II 52:13 Lewitt 52:52 Linworks Burgundy (ABS Blend) Q2U 53:54 Pixel 54:33 Q9U 55:12 AT2020 55:51 NT1 56:30 VideoMic GO II 57:09 Lewitt 57:48 Swagkeys Very Peri (ABS Blend) Q2U 58:52 Pixel 59:30 Q9U 1:00:09 AT2020 1:00:48 NT1 1:01:27 VideoMic GO II 1:02:06 Lewitt 1:02:45 Aifei R2 BoW (ABS Blend) Q2U 1:03:49 Pixel 1:04:27 Q9U 1:05:06 AT2020 1:05:45 NT1 1:06:24 VideoMic GO II 1:07:03 Lewitt 1:07:42 Mods & Keys GMK 1:08:21 JTK 1:09:04 KKB 1:09:48 WS 1:10:27 DCX 1:11:10 DCS 1:11:53 PBTFans 1:12:35 Shurikey 1:13:17 Domikey 1:14:00 EnjoyPBT 1:14:44 Mode 1:15:29 Linworks 1:16:13 Swagkeys 1:16:59 Aifei 1:17:41
You’re an absolute mad lad with all these hour long videos. I can’t imagine how much time and effort it took to build, record, edit and upload all these.
@@John_NYT Thanks my friend! I took a while with all of the videos since I wanted to not overwhelm myself. I basically did a few recordings for a few boards every day or two, and the same went with editing. It was a long project, but definitely did not tire me out like older videos used to! Back then, I used to spend hours a day doing everything at once, and that definitely wasn't sustainable (to me)
HOW do you have time for this?? Insane. Its crazy to me that every set sounds different. The most different to me (after a single quick listen of all of the lewitt tests) is domikey. Also for some reason DCS sounds really good on this board it seems like.
@@justanotherpxrson it's been pretty chill! Just 30 minutes here and there over the course of a few weeks versus what I used to do (as much as possible all at once). Since I have no deadlines, there's no pressure on uploading, so it's been pretty stress-free
How u rate the diff keycaps to GMK? And how would u tier them after having tried them all side-by-side? Curious about your curious since you recorded them all IRL
Thanks for your question! Keep in mind, this is just MY opinion, and I can only talk about the US keycap market, so I don't know what brands are available in other parts of the world/what's readily accessible. Feel: I can't give a solid opinion regarding the feel of the keycaps. While I can definitely tell if a keycap manu has a suuuper rough keycap texture (like some Tai Hao keycaps) or a very smooth texture (super shined/worn GMK), none of these keycaps made me think "oh wow, this is super smooth" or "dang, the texture of these is insane!" New GMK sets do have some noticeable texture to them, but feel in terms of keycaps is not important to me, so I don't really pay attention to texture (unless, again, it's blatantly obvious that one is smoother/rougher than others). Sound: I think that KKB and JTK sound very similar to GMK. More importantly, when typing at my usual speed and not spamming mods or the spacebar, it's very hard to tell between some of them. DMK sounds similar to GMK as well during normal typing, and because I type normally 99% of the time and mod spam/spacebar spam infrequently when using my keycaps, mod spam is fun to do and it's fun to notice the differences when doing so, but actual typing is where the different brands are super similar. Except for DCS of course. Due to DCS being much thinner than the others, it's much more higher pitched. But normal typing? JTK/KKB/DMK sound pretty dang close to GMK! The Lewitt Mics ONLY vid may be more useful to determine the differences (still can't get past the KBCompare errors, but I'll keep trying. I think using KBCompare is the best way to differentiate between keycap sounds). Aesthetics/Looks: This category is similar to feel. Unless the legending is horrible, or the font is irregular (the B being more bold than the U for example, or the placement of fonts are inconsistent), generally, I'm OK. Now, would I pay $100 for crappy legending? No, but I rarely spend that much anyways (more on that when I talk about price below). The keycaps that I enjoyed besides GMK when it came to legending and font were KKB and JTK, but it's not like the rest were significantly worse. I wasn't a fan of how the font on Mode keycaps were like, or the mods for the Shurikey keycaps, but again, I don't expect GMK-level quality of legending or consistency from a $30 keycap set (Shurikey), and I think Mode just chose to use that font on purpose. Price: This is where things have changed drastically. A few years ago, it was difficult for BNIB GMK to be $35-$80 shipped. NOW? It's very common. Of course, not all colorways will be $35-$80 shipped, but the the US aftermarket for GMK and vendors running sales for GMK quite frequently is great for us buyers. It's definitely a buyer's market right now. I love GMK, so it's hard for me to spend $80 shipped on a non-GMK set when I could get a GMK set for as much, if not cheaper brand new. If it's a project that I want to support (like KKB JIndo, KKB Skidata Neo, a JTK colorway, and so on), then I have no issues spending $80 shipped or a bit more. But outside of those? Due to the ease of which I can get GMK for $35-$80 shipped, and because I personally am not super picky when it comes to colorways, non-GMK offerings don't intrigue me as much. That doesn't mean that every build I use will sound the best when I use GMK though. There are some builds that really shine with DMK, especially the spacebar (my Cycle7 comes to mind), DCS for plateless cherry mx browns, and so on. But generally, I'm happy with the fact that GMK goes on sale quite often and it's easy to nab GMK at much cheaper prices than before, so I don't really bother buying other keycaps, even if I know that GMK may not be the perfect keycap selection for every board sound (or looks) wise!
@@vagician5743 My opinion (not necessarily "correct", but it's what I believe) is that any board can be good for gaming for the most part, because "gaming keyboards" don't make as big of a difference than someone's skill level. You see hall effect touted as "the best for gaming", but for most people, we wouldn't be able to tell the difference/it doesn't make a difference. I won't say that it will NEVER make a difference, because that's talking in absolutes though. I never used the CSTM for gaming, but I think it would work fine just like many other boards as well
Having issues with KBCompare. Once I fix the errors, I'll add the link in the YT description.
__________
DISCLAIMER
Not every sound test will mimic what a keyboard sounds like in real life. I suggest listening to other sound tests and taking everything with a grain of salt.
I am not a professional, my room is not sound-treated, and a lot of my boom arms are attached to the desk that I am typing on.
I do not do sound tests to be as accurate as possible and portray what a board sounds like perfectly in real life. This is something I do for fun!
I will continue to improve my sound tests with better lighting, video, and audio, but please do not take my videos as professional-grade or “how a keyboard with this config will sound like”.
I hope that using different mics will illustrate that depending on your mic, you may catch higher/lower frequencies better than other mics, and some mics sound naturally “brighter” or “darker” than other mics, even without any filters or any sort of post-processing.
__________
GMK Striker
Start 00:00
Q2U 00:22
Pixel 01:01
Q9U 01:40
AT2020 02:19
NT1 02:58
VideoMic GO II 03:37
Lewitt 04:16
JTK Griseann
Q2U 05:02
Pixel 05:40
Q9U 06:19
AT2020 06:58
NT1 07:37
VideoMic GO II 08:16
Lewitt 08:55
KKB Jindo
Q2U 09:52
Pixel 10:31
Q9U 11:10
AT2020 11:49
NT1 12:28
VideoMic GO II 13:07
Lewitt 13:46
Wuque Akuamarin (ABS)
Q2U 14:29
Pixel 15:08
Q9U 15:47
AT2020 16:26
NT1 17:05
VideoMic GO II 17:44
Lewitt 18:23
DCX Garnet
Q2U 19:33
Pixel 20:12
Q9U 20:51
AT2020 21:30
NT1 22:09
VideoMic GO II 22:48
Lewitt 23:27
DCS WoB
Q2U 24:20
Pixel 25:00
Q9U 25:39
AT2020 26:18
NT1 26:57
VideoMic GO II 27:36
Lewitt 28:15
PBTFans Ronin (ABS)
Q2U 29:13
Pixel 29:52
Q9U 30:31
AT2020 31:10
NT1 31:49
VideoMic GO II 32:28
Lewitt 33:07
Shurikey Hanzo 002
Q2U 34:15
Pixel 34:54
Q9U 35:33
AT2020 36:12
NT1 36:51
VideoMic GO II 37:30
Lewitt 38:09
Domikey Semiconductor
Q2U 38:57
Pixel 39:36
Q9U 40:15
AT2020 40:54
NT1 41:33
VideoMic GO II 42:12
Lewitt 42:51
EnjoyPBT WoB (ABS)
Q2U 44:05
Pixel 44:44
Q9U 45:23
AT2020 46:02
NT1 46:42
VideoMic GO II 47:20
Lewitt 48:00
Mode Tomorrow (ABS Blend)
Q2U 48:58
Pixel 49:37
Q9U 50:16
AT2020 50:55
NT1 51:34
VideoMic GO II 52:13
Lewitt 52:52
Linworks Burgundy (ABS Blend)
Q2U 53:54
Pixel 54:33
Q9U 55:12
AT2020 55:51
NT1 56:30
VideoMic GO II 57:09
Lewitt 57:48
Swagkeys Very Peri (ABS Blend)
Q2U 58:52
Pixel 59:30
Q9U 1:00:09
AT2020 1:00:48
NT1 1:01:27
VideoMic GO II 1:02:06
Lewitt 1:02:45
Aifei R2 BoW (ABS Blend)
Q2U 1:03:49
Pixel 1:04:27
Q9U 1:05:06
AT2020 1:05:45
NT1 1:06:24
VideoMic GO II 1:07:03
Lewitt 1:07:42
Mods & Keys
GMK 1:08:21
JTK 1:09:04
KKB 1:09:48
WS 1:10:27
DCX 1:11:10
DCS 1:11:53
PBTFans 1:12:35
Shurikey 1:13:17
Domikey 1:14:00
EnjoyPBT 1:14:44
Mode 1:15:29
Linworks 1:16:13
Swagkeys 1:16:59
Aifei 1:17:41
You’re an absolute mad lad with all these hour long videos. I can’t imagine how much time and effort it took to build, record, edit and upload all these.
@@John_NYT Thanks my friend! I took a while with all of the videos since I wanted to not overwhelm myself. I basically did a few recordings for a few boards every day or two, and the same went with editing.
It was a long project, but definitely did not tire me out like older videos used to! Back then, I used to spend hours a day doing everything at once, and that definitely wasn't sustainable (to me)
HOW do you have time for this?? Insane. Its crazy to me that every set sounds different. The most different to me (after a single quick listen of all of the lewitt tests) is domikey. Also for some reason DCS sounds really good on this board it seems like.
@@justanotherpxrson it's been pretty chill! Just 30 minutes here and there over the course of a few weeks versus what I used to do (as much as possible all at once).
Since I have no deadlines, there's no pressure on uploading, so it's been pretty stress-free
How u rate the diff keycaps to GMK? And how would u tier them after having tried them all side-by-side? Curious about your curious since you recorded them all IRL
Thanks for your question!
Keep in mind, this is just MY opinion, and I can only talk about the US keycap market, so I don't know what brands are available in other parts of the world/what's readily accessible.
Feel:
I can't give a solid opinion regarding the feel of the keycaps. While I can definitely tell if a keycap manu has a suuuper rough keycap texture (like some Tai Hao keycaps) or a very smooth texture (super shined/worn GMK), none of these keycaps made me think "oh wow, this is super smooth" or "dang, the texture of these is insane!"
New GMK sets do have some noticeable texture to them, but feel in terms of keycaps is not important to me, so I don't really pay attention to texture (unless, again, it's blatantly obvious that one is smoother/rougher than others).
Sound:
I think that KKB and JTK sound very similar to GMK. More importantly, when typing at my usual speed and not spamming mods or the spacebar, it's very hard to tell between some of them. DMK sounds similar to GMK as well during normal typing, and because I type normally 99% of the time and mod spam/spacebar spam infrequently when using my keycaps, mod spam is fun to do and it's fun to notice the differences when doing so, but actual typing is where the different brands are super similar.
Except for DCS of course. Due to DCS being much thinner than the others, it's much more higher pitched. But normal typing? JTK/KKB/DMK sound pretty dang close to GMK! The Lewitt Mics ONLY vid may be more useful to determine the differences (still can't get past the KBCompare errors, but I'll keep trying. I think using KBCompare is the best way to differentiate between keycap sounds).
Aesthetics/Looks:
This category is similar to feel. Unless the legending is horrible, or the font is irregular (the B being more bold than the U for example, or the placement of fonts are inconsistent), generally, I'm OK. Now, would I pay $100 for crappy legending? No, but I rarely spend that much anyways (more on that when I talk about price below). The keycaps that I enjoyed besides GMK when it came to legending and font were KKB and JTK, but it's not like the rest were significantly worse.
I wasn't a fan of how the font on Mode keycaps were like, or the mods for the Shurikey keycaps, but again, I don't expect GMK-level quality of legending or consistency from a $30 keycap set (Shurikey), and I think Mode just chose to use that font on purpose.
Price:
This is where things have changed drastically. A few years ago, it was difficult for BNIB GMK to be $35-$80 shipped. NOW? It's very common. Of course, not all colorways will be $35-$80 shipped, but the the US aftermarket for GMK and vendors running sales for GMK quite frequently is great for us buyers. It's definitely a buyer's market right now.
I love GMK, so it's hard for me to spend $80 shipped on a non-GMK set when I could get a GMK set for as much, if not cheaper brand new. If it's a project that I want to support (like KKB JIndo, KKB Skidata Neo, a JTK colorway, and so on), then I have no issues spending $80 shipped or a bit more.
But outside of those? Due to the ease of which I can get GMK for $35-$80 shipped, and because I personally am not super picky when it comes to colorways, non-GMK offerings don't intrigue me as much.
That doesn't mean that every build I use will sound the best when I use GMK though. There are some builds that really shine with DMK, especially the spacebar (my Cycle7 comes to mind), DCS for plateless cherry mx browns, and so on. But generally, I'm happy with the fact that GMK goes on sale quite often and it's easy to nab GMK at much cheaper prices than before, so I don't really bother buying other keycaps, even if I know that GMK may not be the perfect keycap selection for every board sound (or looks) wise!
Will cstm65 be good for gaming?
@@vagician5743 My opinion (not necessarily "correct", but it's what I believe) is that any board can be good for gaming for the most part, because "gaming keyboards" don't make as big of a difference than someone's skill level.
You see hall effect touted as "the best for gaming", but for most people, we wouldn't be able to tell the difference/it doesn't make a difference.
I won't say that it will NEVER make a difference, because that's talking in absolutes though.
I never used the CSTM for gaming, but I think it would work fine just like many other boards as well
@@HubertTheMad thanks man looking to get the cstm65 today