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Showerthought: I put some leftover Gateron Milky Yellow switches in a cheap plastic case build for my nephew.
I figured it was just a throw-together project, but the sound and feel in that hollow case is way nicer than I expected, super poppy and deep. It made me stop and think about how much the board itself changes the switch experience, not just the switch choice. Anyone else had a switch totally surprise them in a different build?
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skylerg175mo ago
Is it that deep though? I put some fancy switches in a cardboard box once and it sounded like garbage. Sometimes a cheap board just gets lucky with the acoustics. You're probably just happy your nephew liked it, which is fair, but I wouldn't overthink the science of it.
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the_jennifer4mo ago
Forget the cardboard, a real case changes the sound in a real way.
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skyler_kim155mo ago
Honestly, have you tried different plates in the same board? That plastic case probably has a lot of flex, which can make switches feel and sound totally different than in a stiff metal one. I get what @skylerg17 is saying about cardboard, but a proper case, even a cheap one, has a real structure that changes things. It's not just luck, the material and how it bends changes the sound a lot. I had linears in an aluminum case that felt sharp, but in polycarbonate they got that deeper pop you're talking about. Makes you wonder how many switches we judge without trying them in different setups, right?
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