Cherry MX Experience Box: Put the Switches Beside a Microphone

A keyboard switch is easier to understand when I can press it. That is the appeal of the Cherry MX Experience Box: a small selection to try before committing to a whole keyboard’s worth.

Open the sampler

I work through the labeled options in the box, including Red, Blue, Brown, Speed Silver, Silent Red and the other variants shown in the recording. Then I bring the microphone down close.

The next part is mostly the switches themselves. I press through them one at a time so the video can give you a short sound sample, rather than just my description of what each is supposed to feel like.

Listen to this as a sampler

I am not measuring force, latency or durability. A switch pressed in this little setup is also different from hearing it installed in a finished keyboard, with a case and keycaps around it.

I say I want to move on to a key tester and actual keyboards afterward. That longer comparison is still a plan at the end of this recording.

The board changes the context

For a separate finished-keyboard session, my AULA F75 first look includes a short sound test and a Bluetooth connection. It is not a demonstration of these Cherry samples installed in that board.

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