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>> No. 26421 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:02 am
26421 Das Keyboard vs AUKEY
Okay I needed a new keyboard and decided to test these AUKEY things against the Das Keyboard, which I love with all my heart.

The Das Keyboard 4 I have is the ever so slightly softer key version - the AUKEY is the slightly clicky version of the mechanical keys.

I really like it, and for the massive difference in money will definitely buy some more.
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>> No. 26422 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:20 am
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>>26421
This is the AUKEY.
>> No. 26423 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:21 am
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>>26421
This is the DasKeyboard.
>> No. 26424 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:22 am
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For £21 on Amazon it is an amazing keyboard if you like this kind of thing.
>> No. 26425 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:26 am
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I bought a Model M off eBay a few months ago and I had no idea what I was missing. Puts any Cherry board I've tried to shame.
>> No. 26426 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 12:39 am
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>>26425
They are absolutely fantastic.
>> No. 26428 Anonymous
30th March 2018
Friday 8:24 am
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>>26421

I've been hovering about buying some of these Aukey's for a while, so thank you for having a go. I'm really pleased that you can get cheap mechanicals now, and twenty quid is just insane.
>> No. 26437 Anonymous
2nd April 2018
Monday 5:23 am
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Are they more robust than normal keyboards? I mean are they less prone to sticky keys if you hold one key down a lot? e.g. the shift key to shift-left-click links instead of right-clicking them.
>> No. 26440 Anonymous
2nd April 2018
Monday 5:49 pm
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>>26437
Keep your keyboard clean and that won't be a problem on any keyboard. I can't speak for the Aukey, as I'm not OP, but the Model M has the most stable, least wobbly/sticky keys of any keyboard I've ever tried.
>> No. 26441 Anonymous
2nd April 2018
Monday 6:15 pm
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>>26437

Cherry MX switches are designed and tested for industrial applications and have a rated lifespan of 20 million keypresses (50 million for the non-clicky linear variants). Cherry MX clones (Kailh, Gateron, Outemu) seem to be similarly durable, although their quality control probably isn't quite as tight. Normal membrane keyboards don't usually have a rated lifespan, but the few that do are usually rated for less than 5 million keypresses.

If a mechanical switch does ever fail, it can be replaced - they're commodity components that are individually soldered to a PCB. If your spacebar gets wobbly, you can buy a replacement stabiliser or keycap. Membrane keyboards are all-or-nothing - if one key fails, the whole keyboard is scrap. Decent mechanical keyboards are also much more durable than their membrane equivalents, with solid aluminium or steel backplates and keycaps made from resilient PBT plastic instead of the softer ABS.
>> No. 26781 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 6:02 am
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Apologies for the necrobump and the messy desk, but I had to weigh in on these fuckers.

I bought one off the back of this thread, and it was great. I was very, very impressed with the Cherry clone switches, they're very consistent, which is usually not true of these things.

I ordered a second for various reasons, and it feels exactly the same. Either the factory making the switches really knows their stuff, or Aukey have great QC, either way, I can't recommend these things enough. One you stick some PBT keycaps on, it's a wonderful experience.

It's not particularly useful to compare with the £130 Ducky sat next to it because the Ducky has browns and the Aukey has blues, but other than the better plastics on the Ducky's case and keycaps, there's really no difference in terms of quality - there's no flex in either of them, and both have a solid metal plate. The one bad point is the shite stabs - they function well but aren't as strong as they should be, so be very careful removing the stabilised keys. but that's about it. I love my Ducky board but if Aukey start making a brown switched board I might have to sell the fucker.

Anyway if you've ever been remotely interested in mech boards and have yet to dip your toe in the water, you'd be silly not to start here.
>> No. 26782 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 1:50 pm
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>>26781

We meet again, firewirelad.
>> No. 26783 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 3:13 pm
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>>26782

Don't get me started! Though the Focusrite seems to work most of the time, it's the RME in the proper studio that's always being a cunt.
>> No. 26784 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 5:27 pm
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>>26781
>>26782
>>26783
I have a Behringer FirePower FCA610 and over USB it's shit; crashes once every two hours or so.

Would it be worth getting a FireWire card?
>> No. 26785 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 6:23 pm
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>>26784

Firewire is a miserable rabbit hole of compatibility issues that you're better off avoiding. Check the Behringer website for updated drivers; failing that, try ASIO4All. If that still doesn't work, stick it on eBay and buy a more modern interface.
>> No. 26786 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 6:27 pm
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>>26784

See my thoughts at >>/101/27860

Crashing in what way? I'd wager it being a PC problem rather than an interface one. I think you should still be able to use generic ASIO drivers for behringer gear.
>> No. 26787 Anonymous
9th November 2018
Friday 8:19 pm
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>>26781
Cinnamon toothpicks? I like your style.

Also, is that a seed-pod-tits coaster?
>> No. 26789 Anonymous
10th November 2018
Saturday 4:10 am
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>>26787


Cheers m8, I love those things. Great way to ignore and suppress my oral fixation issues wean yourself off the physical aspects of smoking.

The coaster is just something that I have to assume my girlfriend bought, though I'll never unsee that comparison.

I was thinking about hiding loads of weird shit in the clutter in that picture to see if anyone noticed. I regret not bothering now.
>> No. 26796 Anonymous
11th November 2018
Sunday 3:23 pm
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>>26789
I like messy desks photos. They are interesting and tell things about their owners.
>> No. 26797 Anonymous
11th November 2018
Sunday 4:14 pm
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>>26796

Me too. I suppose the one I posted has quite a lot of my life in it. I hope nobody psychoanalyseses it.
>> No. 26804 Anonymous
12th November 2018
Monday 12:14 am
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>>26796
I love a desk thread for the same reason. Infinitely revealing, like music and book collections in the old, physical days.
>> No. 26805 Anonymous
12th November 2018
Monday 2:54 am
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>>26804>>26797>>26796

>desk thread

Fuck, I had forgotten that was a thing back in the day.

I'd suggest doing one here again but I'm not sure how many responses we'd get.
>> No. 26806 Anonymous
12th November 2018
Monday 1:35 pm
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>>26805
Does it matter? There is only 3 of us.
>> No. 26807 Anonymous
12th November 2018
Monday 6:09 pm
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>>26806
I guess I'd post probably.
>> No. 26808 Anonymous
12th November 2018
Monday 10:55 pm
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>>26805
I'm all for anything but chairs again.

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