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Keyboard sound levels - MX Brown is LOUD
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 03:19
by webwit
In this switch guide they measured how loud certain mechanical keyboards are.
What caught my attention is that the MX Browns are louder than the Blues and Blacks.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242037/m ... witch.html
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KEYBOARD MODEL Switch type Peak sound level (dB)
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition Brown 59.3
Rosewill RK-9000 Blue 57.7
Adesso MKB-135B Blue 57.3
Das Keyboard Model S Professional Blue 57.0
Diatec Filco Majestouch 2 Camouflage Blue 57.0
Diatec Filco Majestouch Ninja Black 55.6
Thermaltake Meka/Meka G1 Black 54.6
Logitech membrane keyboard n/a 54.2
SteelSeries 6Gv2/7G Black 54.1
Microsoft Digital Media 3000 membrane n/a 47.4
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 07:41
by cactux
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Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 09:29
by nathanscribe
I'm not sure the frequencies the switches produce would have much of an effect on the measured level, unless there's damping or resonance going on, but a person might be more bothered by some frequencies than others.
[edited for being wrong]
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 10:37
by Mrinterface
Oowww... Nice exposure for mechanical keyboards again...
Measuring the sound levels of key-switches also need to take into account if they are PCB mounted or plate mounted AND whether you bottom out or not.... At least that was my experience when developing the simulators.
Regards.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 15:24
by Findecanor
Keep in mind, too, that typing technique can make a major difference in how loud your keyboard sounds. My results were consistently around 1dB lower than Jason's, and often closer to 2dB lower on keyboards with MX Blue switches, possibly because the click and the tactile bump made me use less force in pressing the keys.
It would be much lower if they learned to not bottom out.
Re: Keyboard sound levels - MX Brown is LOUD
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 23:03
by BiNiaRiS
Id be willing to bet browns were 1st simply cause they were bottoming out.
Seems like a crappy test when they only have 1 brown keyboard and multiples of blue and black.
Sent from my EVO
Posted: 18 Oct 2011, 23:09
by webwit
I don't think bottoming out is entirely unrealistic for the average user, to say the least. Especially with the browns.
Posted: 19 Oct 2011, 08:45
by HWI
BiNiaRiS wrote:Id be willing to bet browns were 1st simply cause they were bottoming out.
Seems like a crappy test when they only have 1 brown keyboard and multiples of blue and black.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011, 02:40
by sordna
I think this video by
WASDkeyboards does a great job demonstrating sound levels:
Posted: 20 Oct 2011, 23:24
by ripster
He should have put the "after" one closer to the mike and the "before" one further away. Nice trick!
Posted: 26 Oct 2011, 02:36
by Telstar
Quite interesting...
The click "sounds" louder than a low-frequency sound like the brown mx while is not. And the Razer board is probably louder then other brown boards.