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I think all mechanical KBs are louder than the equivalent, but ... they are robust and feel really good to type on.
My DAS 4 doesn't seem too loud to me (now I'm used to it) but it does use the Cherry Blue which are designed to be "clicky" - they do a Cherry brown version which is quieter.
The model numbers are DASK4MKPROCLI-UK for the Blue, and DASK4MKPROSIL-UK for the Brown.
Both are rated for 50M keystrokes per switch, which is at least a weeks typing for the Codewitch! 
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Honestly - I'm a bit of a keyboard nut. I'm sure I could recommend a few different ones, but it depends on what you are after, and if you are a keyboard snob or not (I am).
Firstly - the sounds of your keyboard are going to be much quieter if you're wearing headphones and listening to music of your choice.
If you want/need a mechanical keyboard, the quietest switches are "linear" ones. Usually called Red (or Cherry Red) - there are now so many variants in all sorts of colors. Next up the scale but also fairly quiet are brown switches, usually called "tactile". If you like to feel feedback when you press a key, then tactile is probably the go. The noisiest switches are "clicky" usually blue. There are other variations in different color, green, black, clear etc - which all vary the various performance of the switch - how hard it is to press, how far it needs to be pressed to actuate etc.
If you don't care about the typing experience, then most low profile membrane or chicklet key keyboards will be fine. (Personally hate them - find them like typing into a wet sponge, but YMMV).
If you want a super responsive mechanical keyboard, which is quite quiet, has low actuation distance - then I'd recommend a Logitech keyboard with Romer-G switches. Compared to other tactile mechanical keyboards, they take a little getting used to but they are pretty good. Logitech make a few different keyboards with these switches, with and without backlighting, single color or RGB, and wired or wireless.
Or you can get a cheap one from Amazon/Temu with red or brown switches, but YMMV. Cheaper is not always better, but there are some good ones for around $50 AUD. ($30 US appx).
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for the comments, Paul.
I prefer full height keyboards to the half height design. The half height design makes me feel like I'm typing on a laptop keyboard, which I hate.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I have a Corsair K95 RGB Platinum keyboard and I love it. It wasn't that loud to begin with, but I installed dampers on it anyway. It has the macro keys and MX speed switches. If you practice, you can type rapidly by barely touching the keys.
Even with the dampers, the keyboard is "loud" when you bottom out on the keys. By loud, I mean still softer than heavy tactile keyboards. The K95 is one of the best keyboards I've ever had, and I've owned a lot of them. The Corsair keyboards are the best in my opinion. Make sure the keys are MX speed, red or brown switches.
You can still buy the K95 on Ebay for around $80. On Amazon, they're almost $200 new.
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I would add to Paul Mauriks reply that the case makes a big difference.
My personal home keyboard is a Keychron Q3[^] that I bought bare bones and then bought the switches and keycaps (EN UK) that I wanted. Heavy aluminium frame. It's great, couldn't be happier. It's an 80% layout that means my right hand isn't forced so far to the right and is much more comfortable to use than a full size. Nice typing feel without much noise. It doesn't have a numpad but I don't need that for home use.
At the same time I bought a Keychron K4[^] that I have fitted with French keycaps (I work in French). It's a good chassis but it's plastic and the sound difference is huge without improving the quality of the typing feel. It's a 96% layout so it has a numpad but everything is a compressed into a smaller space (takes a little bit of getting used to) which means I have all the keys of a full size keyboard without my right hand being forced way over to the right of my desk.
Mike
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I replaced all my keyboards with these CHERRY STREAM KEYBOARD[^].
Very silent, very flat and heavy, they don´t slide around when typing as some of the others do.
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Look at https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/[^]
They have everything under the sun and their products are very good. Get the Cherry MX Silent Red Switches and you will have the feel of mechanical but very little noise.
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What, nobody linked to this yet?
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HP Wireless Elite. The keyboard is quiet and has a feel I like.
But don't get the companion mouse, it's button clicks are loud enough to wake my wife in the next room.
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Logitech makes a line of wireless keyboards that have a nice touch and are very quiet. Currently I'm using a MX KEYS unit and I love it.
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so quiet you could hear a bit drop.
I'll get my coat
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There's a hole in my bucket.
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When I read your post I thought of this, not sure why! There's a hole in daddies arm...
John Prine - Sam Stone - YouTube[^]
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Jesus Christ died for nuthin I suppose
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Always excited to see a John Prine YouTube video
Google is blocking Firefox from playing YouTube videos
so the process of looking at a CP post that links to YouTube is a real pain
on top of that I wrote a small VB.Net app that links to various YouTube channels
it stopped working so I now have added this to the code
Process.Start("Chrome.exe", webPAGE)
Surprised this has not resulted in a lawsuit the new SOP in today's world
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Yeah YouTube is getting dicey unless you turn off AdBlock and I am want to do.
I ditched Chome because they started not allowing YouTube to show at all with AdBlock so I switched back to FF.
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Need some loud keyboards
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