{"id":951389,"date":"2026-01-01T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Ahu8V8tonoTg9hSKRbPoJM"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:12:20","slug":"ive-become-the-pied-piper-for-keyboard-nerds-luring-colleagues-to-come-over-to-gawk-at-this-gaming-keyboard-with-simply-the-sweet-sound-of-typing-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ive-become-the-pied-piper-for-keyboard-nerds-luring-colleagues-to-come-over-to-gawk-at-this-gaming-keyboard-with-simply-the-sweet-sound-of-typing-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve become the Pied Piper for keyboard nerds\u2014luring colleagues to come over to gawk at this gaming keyboard with simply the sweet sound of typing on it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jacob Ridley, managing editor<\/div>\n
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\"Jacob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This month I've been: <\/strong>the envy of all with my clacky keyboard. Though I've also been testing coolers, blasting through thermal paste like I'm made of money, and building PCs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For the record, I haven't lead any of my colleagues into a cave never to be seen again. Weird way to start an article, sure, though I have become something of a Pied Piper for keyboard nerds in my office. The reason being is I've been using a new keyboard in the office, the Keychron Q3 Max.<\/p>\n

In the month following setting up the Q3 Max on my desk, I've had four colleagues turn around in their chairs and say something to the tune of “Which keyboard is that?”<\/p>\n

Or, “woah, that keyboard actually sounds amazing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

I've had people I don't know personally come over to compliment it, and to ask about the make and model, and subsequently listen to me excitedly explain the benefits of lubed switches.<\/p>\n

I'm not being hyperbolic, either. It's the most attention I've ever received for any single piece of hardware, and in this line of work, I end up with a lot of quite cool hardware across my desk throughout the year. There's just something about the Q3 Max that gets people's attention, including both fellow keyboard nerds and simply intrigued on-listeners in the banks of desks surrounding mine.<\/p>\n

The Q3 Max is a hefty block of aluminium surrounding a collection of black and red keys. It's clearly a high-end gaming keyboard, though nothing out of the ordinary. Perhaps except for the fact it lacks legends on the top of the keys and instead labels each one on the side, visible from a seated position in front of the board.<\/p>\n

The Keychron, despite looking a little “mean”, as our reviewer Reece Bithrey put it in his Q3 Max review<\/a>, doesn't draw in curious eyes from its sharp looks. Rather, it draws in fellow keyboard nerds like moths to a flame due to how it sounds.<\/p>\n

Take a listen.<\/p>\n

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