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NuPhy Halo75
teste de som.
NuPhy's full-height board, built by a company that made its name on low-profile ones — and tuned hard in the opposite direction. Press play below.
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What a NuPhy Halo75
sounds like.
Each button plays a short phrase typed on that switch family, so you are comparing rhythm rather than a single tap. Play two in a row — that is where the difference actually shows up.
These are recordings of the switch family, not of this exact keyboard. That is the honest way to do it — the family is what dominates the sound, and switch options move between model years and regions. Check the listing before buying on the strength of a match here.
O que está a ouvir
How it
soa realmente.
Where the Air75 is quick and light by necessity, the Halo75 is deep on purpose. It is a full-height gasket-mounted board with a multi-layer foam stack, and the whole design is pointed at the low, rounded sound that low-profile keyboards physically cannot make.
The linear version lands as a full clack with real weight behind it and very little ring — this is a board that sounds tuned rather than accidental. The tactile version keeps the same body and adds a defined bump partway down, which reads as a sharper attack over the same low foundation.
Against a Keychron Q1 it is lighter, because plastic rather than a kilo and a half of aluminium, but it is in the same conversation, which is not something most boards at this price manage.
Porque soa assim
The build
por trás do barulho.
A full-height 75% board with a gasket mount and several layers of internal foam — typically a plate foam, a PCB foam, and a bottom-case layer, each doing a different job. Standard MX-height hot-swap sockets, so unlike the Air series the entire switch catalogue is available. Doubleshot keycaps and screw-in stabilisers round out a spec sheet aimed squarely at how the board sounds.
- Layout
- 75%, full height
- Mounting
- Gasket mount
- Damping
- Multi-layer foam stack
- Hot-swap
- Standard MX switches
Which one to pick
Choosing
the switch.
The case is tuned enough that both options come out low and full. The linear is the one that shows off what the foam stack is doing; the tactile trades a little of that clarity for a bump you can feel.
Same brand
More from
NuPhy.
O NuPhy keyboard sound hub collects them on one page.
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Other keyboards
in this category.
Or read the full round-up of 51 popular keyboards matched to a sound, and open the laboratório de som de teclado to play all eight packs on a keyboard you can type on.
By switch
Or shop
by switch.
If you already know which switch you are choosing between, the switch pages go deeper than any single keyboard page can — the same recordings with Cherry's published specifications, what the mechanism is actually doing, and who each one suits.
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NuPhy Halo75
perguntas.
What is the difference between the NuPhy Halo75 and the Air75?
Height, and everything that follows from it. The Air75 is a low-profile board with about 3.5 mm of travel and almost no internal volume, so it sounds quick and light. The Halo75 is full-height with standard MX switches and a proper foam stack, so it sounds deep and full. They are the same size on the desk and completely different keyboards to listen to.
Does the NuPhy Halo75 need modding to sound good?
No, which is unusual at the price. It ships gasket-mounted with a multi-layer foam stack already in place, so the things people normally add to a budget board are done at the factory. The usual next step is heavier keycaps rather than anything internal.
Can I use standard mechanical switches in a Halo75?
Yes. Unlike the low-profile Air series, the Halo75 uses standard MX-height hot-swap sockets, so the full switch catalogue is open to it. That makes it a much better platform if you expect to change the sound later, since the switch is the one variable you can revisit without buying a new board.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the licença MIT. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a NuPhy Halo75 specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.