Hey all,
After having seen yet another half dozen switches be announced by Akko, I figured it was about time I take the weekend to try and work through their madness of a catalogue and sort everything out. So here we have a brief walk through of the majority of Akko’s switches they’ve released over the years as well as who it is that actually made these switches. Oh, and I guess there’s a review of the new HMX-made Akko Mirror switches in there as well…
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Article: Akko Mirror Switch Review — ThereminGoat's Switches
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As always, thank you all for the continued support and readership week in and out. Coming up on 5 years of writing now it’s a bit strange to realize how long this all has been going on and that feeling of weirdness is a little more tolerable knowing you all must be a little shocked that it has been this long too. Here’s to many more articles in the coming years!
Cheers,
Goat 
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Sounds like another good HMX switch. The lube and stability on their switches are impressive across the board. Some of their offerings are almost offensively high pitched and clacky. It sounds like these are a bit more tame perhaps
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Yeah this is the one pitfall of HMX switches IMO also, some of them like the Xinhais are just on a different level of loudness & being high pitched sounding. Honestly all their switches sound higher pitched than you’d expect from the stated materials IME. I’m guessing it has something to do with the shape of the bottoms of the stems & how that makes them interact with the bottom housing when they hit. Although I will say they do have a good bit of switches that either have a more subdued sound profile while still being on the “clacky” side or are actually deeper sounding than most other HMX switches. However even with the deep sounding for HMX switches they are just barely what I’d call actually deep sounding.
I was hoping the snow crash switches would deliver on HMX switches that could compete with Cherry switches for sound deepness, but even those still seem to be right on the cusp of being able to be called deep sounding from what I hear. Oh well, the louder clackier ones pair great with more resonate cases IMO & every batch of HMX switches I have got has been top notch quality wise. So I’ll still be using HMX switches in builds I feel they’ll go well with even though I do prefer my switches have a deeper sound signature. Also with all the crazy material combos HMX is trying they’re bound to hit on a really deep one sooner or later! 
I only have three different HMX switches. The Macchiatos are pretty high pitched, but the Purple Dawns are deeper sounding, and the 1989s are deeper still. Still not deep like a Gat Ink or something (or the surprisingly deep JWK EV-00), but they do sound better to me.
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Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong I totally agree with what you’re saying. Just IME most HMX switches sound louder & higher pitched than you’d expect from the materials they’re made from. I know they have been working to get some deeper toned switches out there & they have, but I haven’t tried one yet that really hit that deep sound sweet spot IMO.
Edit: Really this is more a personal preference thing now that I think about it a little more. What I consider the deep sweet spot is more than likely not gonna be the same as you or anyone else. So this is a little out in the weeds on the subject, just how I feel about HMX switches personally is all.
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I own all of these and probably 7 or 8 more varieties. 1989 are definitely the deepest sounding of them all. I wish they were even deeper.
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I agree with you. They do have a slightly off putting sound. It’s just so loud and harsh in most builds. But I will also say that these are some of the only switches that feel perfect with headphones on. They are just a leap beyond most others when it comes to push feel and stability. I wish there was a way to get this feel but with the sound of a deep, thocky pom switch. I’m betting they can do it. The 1989 is a step in that direction
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