KiiwiTopre Purple Hybrid switch sound
A Topre dome with an MX style stem, recorded on PBT keycaps. Type below to hear it, recorded from a real board.
Type the words below. Headphones make the difference obvious.
What it sounds like
Hybrid Topre switches keep the capacitive dome but take MX style keycaps, which opens up far more keycap choices. The sound keeps Topre's cushioned character.
Compare it with the standard Topre to hear what the stem and the keycaps change.
At a glance
Compared with
Topre
Topre's electrostatic capacitive switch: a rubber dome under a spring, with soft, rounded tactility.
Cherry MX Brown
Cherry's gentle tactile, the most widely used bump switch there is, recorded stock and on ABS and PBT keycaps.
Everglide Oreo
Everglide's 55cN tactile with a clear stem, rounder than the Crystal Purple.
Get the Topre Purple Hybrid 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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