KiiwiAlpaca switch sound
A smooth linear with no bump and no click, known in the keyboard community for a clean, rounded thock. Type below to hear it, recorded from a real board.
Type the words below. Headphones make the difference obvious.
What it sounds like
Alpacas became a community favourite for how evenly they travel: nothing interrupts the press between the top and the bottom, so the sound is almost all bottom-out. What you hear is a soft, rounded thock rather than a sharp clack.
It is one of the switches people most often weigh against the NovelKeys Cream when choosing a first premium linear. Play the two back to back below.
At a glance
Compared with
NovelKeys Cream
A linear made entirely of POM, a self lubricating plastic, with a deep, full bodied sound.
Turquoise Tealios
Zeal's 67g Turquoise Tealios: an exceptionally smooth linear with a bright tone.
Cherry MX Red
Cherry's light 45cN linear, the classic smooth switch in gaming keyboards, recorded on ABS keycaps.
Get the Alpaca sound on your Mac
Kiiwi has all 38 packs, this one included, and plays them under the keyboard you already own. In your headphones, from the menu bar. $4.99 once.
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