In this video I mess with an expensive little 40% aluminum keyboard (yep, $120… for a 40%) that honestly feels kinda useless for normal people, but here we are. I keep the switches and keycaps the same (EOMaker Zebra switches + the stock set), and I only focus on pulling foams to see if I can get a cleaner, brighter sound without turning it into a thin, sad mess. The board has an FR4 plate, a weird flex-cut situation (half the PCB is flex-cut, half isn’t), and it’s one of those builds where the foam stack basically decides your entire personality. I do a bunch of quick sound tests while swapping configurations: removing PCB foam first (brighter, less “foamy”), then messing with PE/IXPE/“XP” foam and plate/case foam combos. Some combos got louder/poppier, some got weirdly muted, and the “best so far” ended up being a setup that didn’t feel as thin, but still wasn’t as bright as I wanted—so I’m pretty sure the switch is holding it back. I even test the spacebar gasket (spoiler: basically no difference), complain about flex cuts like I always do, and then I accidentally end the stream arc by getting RGB but no typing input… which is just peak modding energy.