Alright folks, my intrusive thoughts won today for I have bought some new silent tactile switches for my mechanical keyboard since I am in an environment that requires a lot of silence and more focus to every one’s work being assigned to them.
I know I could have had settled with the Akko Penguin switches, but at the moment I am watching my budget so I have decided with the Outemu Silent Lemon V3 switches and I am hoping they are good as the Penguins as the alternative or at least a good starting set if I want more switches that is similar but higher in quality in the near future.
I promise folks, there will be audio related again soon, for I am in need of a set that removes my constant use of the Hidizs MP145, for it really needs a break lol.
Heh, yeah, I ordered the linear ones.
I heard Outemu really improved with the V3, and for the price, I just went for it. I’ve been looking for a cheap quiet keeb for the office for a while now. I’ve got a RK S98 coming in as the base and some GMK clone keycaps. That should land me just below $130 for the whole thing.
That is assuring coming from you and I am pretty much a beginner overall when it comes to modifying their keyboard. The Brown switches that I have right now are quiet enough so far but just to be sure, I’ve decided to get the Lemons to have the result of a much quieter sound.
Also the keyboard that I am using right now is a Tecware Phantom+ that I have recently modded by changing its keycaps with a Double Shot PBT set and as well as getting a shroud for it, for it is overall a gaming keyboard with floating keycaps without the shroud, hence I have purchased its shroud to make it look more custom.
What I like about this keyboard is that, it came with 4 dampening foams pre-installed already and as well as the switches that came from Tecware are already pre-lubed, and I didn’t believe that they were selling this for 55USD at the time.
Got them yesterday. They came with a dongle, 1 pair of extra pads and a waifu display stand.
The cable feels on the cheaper side but is really soft and flexible which is much more important in my opinion, would be a nice cable for flathead earbuds too. The pads are thicker than the basic Koss ones but smaller than Yaxi ones.
Headphone itself is build very sturdy, metal everywhere. Headband has 2-3mm of padding. Clamp force is high but can easily be reduce by bending the metal headband. Wearing them on the smallest setting, could be too big for tiny heads.
Downside of the build is that the cups have no swivel / rotation. Cups are straight but I would need them to be wider on the back of the ear. Unfortunately in this direction they are not easy to bend with all the metal headband.
I don’t have any Koss around anymore for a direct comparison. They are not as bright as the KSC75 but neither as dark as the ProtaPro / Kph40, which places them around the the Kph30. The more forward I put them on my ears the warmer they get. Like them more on the back end of the ear where they are brighter / clearer. Had not this effect with Koss headphones, guess it is related to the missing rotation. When they sit on the end of the ear the part in the front hangs in the air instead of sitting on the ear.
Not sure if I should get Yaxi or Grado pads again to try them with this headphone.
Overall I can recommend them for someone who wants an on-ear headphone that is build well. Especially here in Europe (or Germany at least) where the Koss stuff is more expensive (Kph30 $42, Kph40 $60) they offer the better value.
