Help modding a RealForce 104U Silenced (variable)

[deskmaniacman]

I picked up a couple RealForce 104U Silenced keyboards from EliteKeyboards. After a few weeks, it seems I may in fact end up being able to stay with them and forever say goodbye to my beloved Cherry Browns boards after years of using the Browns.

My only reason for looking at the Topre instead of Browns was for the quieter sound level. (I don't want business callers upset that I'm typing when they're talking, even though I'm typing what they're saying, instead of writing notes like I used to do.)

With the Browns, I had installed the largest o-rings that were practical. That's how I used them for years. The o-rings did two things that I really liked a lot: reduced the sound, and reduced the travel.

Now that I'm well along the way in acclimating to the "somewhat" quieter RealForce Silenced Topre boards, I'm anxious to go the next step if it's possible and practical to do so: I'd love to find out if it's possible to mod this board beyond what RealForce already did to "silence" it, in such a way that we:

A) Further reduce the sound. (Ideally on the spacebar, too.)

B) Reduce the travel.

On talking with Brian of EK and reading a bunch of posts on forums, the term "hypersphere" comes up.

I assume that pertains to a type of o-ring or something similar.

I would LOVE to get genuinely authoritative input on what is and is not possible along these lines, please.

And if it can be done, I'm very seriously in the market for a highly qualified individual in the US who I can send the boards to who can do it for me, for which I’m happy to pay an appropriate fee.

Thanks!