Varmilo · Enthusiast and custom · sound
Varmilo
test de son.
The same chassis sold two ways: conventional Cherry MX, or Varmilo's own Topre-style electrocapacitive switches. Press play on both and hear how far apart they are.
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What a Varmilo
en pratique.
Chaque bouton joue une courte phrase enregistrée avec cette famille de switchs. Vous pouvez ainsi comparer le rythme plutôt qu’une seule frappe. Écoutez deux options à la suite : la différence devient plus nette.
Ces extraits correspondent à la famille de switchs, pas à ce clavier précis. Les options peuvent varier selon l’année et la région : vérifiez la version qui vous intéresse.
Ce que vous entendez
Son caractère
sonne vraiment.
The Cherry MX versions sound like a well-built conventional board — a dense case, PBT keycaps, and a fairly neutral presentation of whichever switch you chose. Nothing surprising, and nothing wrong with it.
The EC versions are the reason to pay attention. Varmilo's electrocapacitive switches use a rubber dome over a conical spring, read capacitively rather than by a contact leaf — the same principle Topre uses. That mechanism produces a completely different sound: rounder, quieter, and lower, with a soft landing instead of a plastic knock, and none of the spring ping a Cherry switch can have.
It is the closest most people will get to a Topre board without paying Topre prices, and the gap between the two versions of the same keyboard is larger than the gap between any two Cherry switches.
Pourquoi il sonne comme ça
Sa construction
derrière le bruit.
A dense plastic case with PBT keycaps, offered with either genuine Cherry MX switches or Varmilo's own EC electrocapacitive switches. The EC switches are a rubber dome over a conical spring with capacitive sensing, which is the Topre mechanism rather than a mechanical one, despite the boards being sold alongside the mechanical models. Varmilo is also known for elaborate dye-sublimated keycap themes, which are cosmetic but drive a lot of the brand's sales.
- Switchs
- Cherry MX or Varmilo EC
- Mechanism
- Mechanical or electrocapacitive
- Case
- Dense plastic
- Keycaps
- Dye-sublimated PBT
Quelle option choisir
Choisir
son switch.
These two options are not variations on a theme — they are different mechanisms. The Cherry version is a conventional mechanical keyboard. The EC version is a dome-over-spring board that happens to share the chassis, and it sounds far closer to a Realforce than to the keyboard sitting next to it on the shelf.
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Bonnes questions
Varmilo
en questions.
What is a Varmilo EC switch?
An electrocapacitive switch: a rubber dome sitting over a conical spring, with the keypress detected by a change in capacitance rather than by two pieces of metal touching. It is the same principle Topre uses. The practical effect is a rounder, quieter, lower sound and a distinctive soft landing that no mechanical switch reproduces.
Is a Varmilo EC board as good as a Topre?
It is the closest alternative at a fraction of the price, and it captures most of the character — the soft landing, the muted low sound, the absence of any plastic snap. Topre enthusiasts will tell you the dome consistency and the tactile shape are not quite the same, and they are right, but the gap is far smaller than the price gap.
Are Varmilo EC switches quieter than Cherry MX?
Noticeably. The rubber dome absorbs the bottom of the keystroke rather than letting plastic hit plastic, and there is no contact leaf or click mechanism to add anything. They are not silent — a dome still makes a sound — but they sit well below any standard Cherry switch, including a Red.
Les sons de cette page proviennent de packs enregistrés par la communauté et utilisés sous la licence MIT. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Varmilo VA87M and Minilo specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.