Lewitt Mics ONLY ABS Keycap Comparison - GMK, JTK, KKB, WS, DCX, DCS, DMK, EPBT, Mode, LW, SK, etc.

Lewitt only video since KBCompare is still erroring when I upload the audio. This will make it easier to compare the keycaps across the four boards.

Mods timestamps in video comment section since YouTube disabled all timestamps when I tried to add them to this description field.

Rainy75
Start 00:00
GMK 00:10
JTK 00:48
KKB 01:30
Wuque 02:05
DCX 02:53
DCS 03:47
PBTFans 04:22
Shurikey 05:22
Domikey 06:15
EnjoyPBT 07:06
Mode 07:40
Linworks 08:44
Swagkeys 09:24
Aifei 09:59

CSTM65
GMK 11:02
JTK 11:34
KKB 12:14
Wuque 12:45
DCX 13:39
DCS 14:19
PBTFans 15:01
Shurikey 15:55
Domikey 16:34
EnjoyPBT 17:36
Mode 18:24
Linworks 19:15
Swagkeys 20:07
Aifei 20:58

PC Jixte
GMK 21:37
JTK 22:10
KKB 22:50
Wuque 23:14
DCX 24:07
DCS 24:34
PBTFans 24:58
Shurikey 25:43
Domikey 26:26
EnjoyPBT 27:03
Mode 27:37
Linworks 28:28
Swagkeys 29:20
Aifei 30:00

Alu Jixte
GMK 30:43
JTK 31:15
KKB 32:03
Wuque 32:40
DCX 33:22
DCS 33:58
PBTFans 34:20
Shurikey 35:04
Domikey 35:50
EnjoyPBT 36:39
Mode 37:20
Linworks 38:23
Swagkeys 39:08
Aifei 39:41
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Video where I go over why I used four different boards, and kept two boards fully foamed for the ABS sound test comparison:    • ABS Keycaps Sound Test Comparison Exp...  
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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 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.

At the very least, you can compare configs that sound louder/higher pitched and which sound quieter or more muted.
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Sound Test Specs

- Recorded in an untreated room, so background noises can sometimes be heard (and outside noise)
- Glorious 4mm thick desk mat on a solid wood desk
- Panasonic HDC-TM90 Camcorder
- Audio normalization in DaVinci Resolve for easier listening, but no other sort of EQ or alterations were made to the audio
- Recorded in Reaper and rendered in 24-bit/48 kHz
- Audio interface sample rates at 48 kHz

Mic specs
- Lewitt 040 Matched pair of small diaphragm condenser mics in AB configuration mounted on a mic stand not in contact with the desk that I type on running into an Audient Evo 8, gain set at two thirty

- Lewitt 15 cm away from the top of the keycaps (rough distance between my ears and the keycaps when measured directly vertically)
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Keycaps:
- GMK Striker
- JTK Griseann
- Key Kobo Jindo (didn’t buy the spacebar kit, so got a 6.25u from KKB BoW)
- Wuque Akuamarin (ABS)
- DCX Garnet
- DCS WoB
- PBTFans Ronin (ABS)
- Shurikey Hanzo 002
- Domikey Semiconductor
- EnjoyPBT (ABS) WoB
- Mode Tomorrow (ABS Blend)
- Linworks Burgundy (ABS Blend)
- Swagkeys Very Peri (ABS Blend)
- Aifei R2 (ABS Blend)

Boards:

Rainy75
- FR-4 plate
- All foams
- 1.6mm Hotswap PCB
- Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- Gateron Milky Yellows spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.

CSTM65
- POM plate
- All foams
- 1.6mm Hotswap PCB
- Stock stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- JWK Splash Bros spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.

PC Jixte
- Custom PP plate
- Internal & external stainless steel weights
- 1.6mm Soldered PCB
- Cherry clip in stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- KTT Roses spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.

Alu Jixte
- Alu plate
- 1.6mm Soldered PCB
- Cherry clip in stabs (205g0 for housings, XHT-BDZ for wire ends)
- Internal and external brass weights
- Cherry HG MX Reds spring swapped with Geon 22mm single-stage 67.5 gram springs. Springs jar lubed w/GPL105. 205g0 on switch stems only.