Cherry mx blue or red

[LordOfWinterfell]

Which one has the better sound ? mine is blue and trust me my brother in the next room can hear it 

[Skiiwee29]

reds are not tactile and only really make a sound at a bottom out while blues have a tactile click that is very audible when its activated. Reds are by far the quieter, and IMO the better choice, though I could be a bit subjectively BIAS since I use Reds myself and do not like blues. 

[Prometheus935]

I have blues and loving the sound they make. They are the louder ones for sure but I personally like that. If you still want to have a clicky sound but not as loud as blues then browns would be a better choice over reds.

[Kisai]

Some people like tactile clicking, some do not. Some people like mushy quiet keyboards, some do not.

 

Like, I distinctly remember people in 1998 wanting the old IBM/Fujitsu mechanical keyboards because they made so much noise.

[rice guru]

6 hours ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

Which one has the better sound ? mine is blue and trust me my brother in the next room can hear it 

That depends on you if you like the click or not. They also feel quite different. 

[rice guru]

3 hours ago, Kisai said:

Some people like tactile clicking, some do not. Some people like mushy quiet keyboards, some do not.

 

Like, I distinctly remember people in 1998 wanting the old IBM/Fujitsu mechanical keyboards because they made so much noise.

The model m is legendary not just for the noise but for tactility 

[jiyeon]

Reds are linear and therefor don't necessarily make a noise, you only ever hear the bottom-out. Blues by comparison are tactitle and make a very distinct click as well as the clack at the bottom-out.

 

As a fan of both linears and blues, linears to me sound a bit nicer as the clickiness of tactiles tends to get a little annoying after a while, compared to linears which make a faint noise at the bottom-out.

[geo3]

14 hours ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

Which one has the better sound ? mine is blue and trust me my brother in the next room can hear it 

Between those 2 Reds definitely sound better. IMO click jacket switches, of which MX Blues are a type, are the worst sounding switches there are. The click is so plasticity and thin and rattly. As where MX Red will have a soft pleasant thock when bottomed out. However both of these switches low on the list of good switches. 

[Rolling2405]

Can someone describe what Cherry MX Blues feel like? Also if someone has both Cherry MX Blues and Cherry MX Reds please compare the two. Thanks!