vintage v modern Cherry MY comparison video

Skip to 5:40 for a typing demonstration.

Another comparison video; this time between modern and vintage Cherry MY switches. Thanks to Guk for kindly donating this keyboard to me! :D

[cidjonas]

The vintage keyboard does sound great. Have you used topre?
PS: Funny how you don't use your thumb on the spacebar when typing.

[chillazar]

I would love to have a keyboard with really heavy linear switches.

[Enfeeblement]

Nice comparison. I have one of those modern MY boards and it's absolute shit. The issue isn't the key weight. It's the fact that it "comes on" gradually, aka it gets tougher to press down the further you press the key. That's very different from Red or Black Cherry MX switches which have the same weight throughout the keystroke.

[Dowlphin]

Hi, my name is Thomas, too. ^^ I have observed gradual quality drop over the years with Cherry, resulting in various annoying noises with new keyboards and me returning two or three more recently. I have adventures behind me with salvaging parts from my old G81-3000 kewboards to repair newer ones. (Wine glasses are now banned from my desk, haha.) Not long ago I was using my very first one with DIN connector until I drowned that one with plum wine and repair attempts were unsuccessful. (Usually I managed to repair them with ethanol and distilled water.)
What any devoted MY user should do is lubricate all switches with silicone oil. I was spraying a little in a small container, dipping a plastic toothpick like applicator thingie in it - or sometimes an actual wooden toothpick - and then a brief touch on all four corners. That significantly reduced noise, effectively making them Silent switches, and also eliminated the scratching and friction issues.
Horrible squeaky noises when pressing down on the case were unfixable though. Oh, and I also put custom felt+rubber pads under the feet and corners to dampen vibration travel to the desk surface. That made a big difference, too.
Cynically speaking I made the mistake of calling Cherry switches crap in a Corsair keyboard review, so of course gamer fanboy downvotes abound. And that's why Cherry gets away with bad quality. Mind control marketing.
I am wondering which switches would be a proper replacement for the white MY that seem to have been phased out. Even if quality might always be an issue with Cherry, but which have (mostly) the same tactile feel, pressure curve and such?

[rich]

I think blacks are borderline too heavy for a linear. I would hate MY switches...

[HristoUzunov]

That MX Black sound is downright disgusting though.