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With their "dolch blue" cherry profile caps
I was dead set on a 96%/1800 layout, I really wanted the Leopold FC980M for the classic grey/beige look but it's been sold out. There are a bunch of others out there right now but they are all gasket mounts and I wanted something rigid. Sacrificing my desire for something retro grey/beige, the V5 was an excellent compromise esp for the price point. The V series isn't one of their super well promoted items, Im glad i found it. $70 barebones
I removed the heavy silicone pad in the bottom because i want a loud "hack into the mainframe" sound and it sounds good, loud and resonant but not cheap sounding or pingy at all, still has a good heft to it. I might even experiment with taking out the sound absorbing pad beneath the pcb to see what that sounds like.
Im trying the gateron clicky blue switches but Im not crazy about the very thin high pitched click and it feels a little uneven and laborious so I think I'm gonna back down to gateron brown