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Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Once the settings are set correctly, this keyboard works very well. The actuation distance of each key can be manually adjusted, meaning it can register key presses anywhere from the top of the key press to the bottom, and multiple inputs can be set at different distances. The keyboard is responsive, with a polling rate of 8,000Hz, and the low latency barely results in any significant input lag.
This keyboard is wired only, which may be a deal breaker for some. It’s a fairly metal-dense keyboard that’s very focused on high-speed use, none of which is necessary for a portable keyboard. While wireless connectivity would be nice, it would increase the price and complexity of this keyboard.
The RGB lighting has over 20 built-in presets, and they all work well, but the color isn’t perfect. When adjusting the lighting settings, almost all of them seem to skew heavily towards cyan/blue. Presumably this is due to the light blue coating of the magnetic jade switches, which can’t be avoided without using different switches, but even without switches, the LED diodes look a little cooler than a true neutral white.
These effects combine to create a keyboard that struggles to achieve pure white even with serious tweaking, especially since the RGB adjustments easily get overwhelmed and start lagging when you move the cursor on the color wheel. The closest I could get to pure white was the RGB setting (255, 60, 90), which still had a slightly cool tint. When set to the low-speed “breathe” setting with this color, the lighting was choppy as it faded, and slowly turned red as it got darker rather than maintaining the preset color. When set to a faster speed and using a more standard color setting (such as solid blue or green), these quirks disappeared.
Internal assembly
Photo: Henry Robbins
Internal assembly is fairly simple: the printed circuit board (PCB) and switchboard are bolted together, with a silicon chip sandwiched between them. This silicone fills the empty space between the board and the PCB, extending beyond the outer edge to create gaskets that hold the two halves of the case in place. Thus, the internal assembly is held in place without direct contact with the external enclosure, reducing vibration and excess noise.