today's video is brought to you by skillshare so this board today is full of surprises it's actual announcement and sale really came as a surprise as well this is the zoom NUMBER_TOKEN from meletrix a new entry-level sub brand of wuche studios the company behind the icky NUMBER_TOKEN and the mammoth NUMBER_TOKEN. this was announced out of nowhere on december NUMBER_TOKENth with a NUMBER_TOKEN unit in stock sale that went live on the NUMBER_TOKENth and they sold out within seconds luckily this first rom is just kind of a teaser they plan on stocking these on a regular basis with the next restock coming like end of january early february there's a lot of interesting stuff going on here but let's just frame this up right out of the gate this is an entry level board designed to give you some of the features and aesthetic of a higher end port if you have a higher end NUMBER_TOKEN already there's no reason to fomo into this unless you just really like the look this is NUMBER_TOKEN us for a fully inclusive kit meaning you get stabilizers switches and caps for that price full disclosure the dhl direct shipping from china on this was a nightmare at NUMBER_TOKEN bucks that's no fault of meletrix it's just the way things are right now so the true consumer cost on this run was NUMBER_TOKEN dollars delivered to your door but in the future they plan on having localized vendors in NUMBER_TOKEN different regions to help cut down on that regardless of the shipping cost what you get in this kit is pretty wild this is a hot swap gasket mount NUMBER_TOKEN layout with a NUMBER_TOKEN degree typing angle and a front case height of NUMBER_TOKEN centimeters this version is obviously white it appears to be some sort of paint process and there is glitter in the paint but that sparkle effect isn't really noticeable when it's just sitting on the desk you have to get really close or shine some light on it the process on this copy is really clean you'd have to go poking around with a macro lens to find any imperfections it also has an aluminum weight bar on the back with a satin finish this gives the look of a much more expensive board without breaking the bank and fully built this board weighs in at just over NUMBER_TOKEN kilos the pcb is pretty thin it's got flex cuts it's mostly south facing kale hot swap sockets with no rgb no perky no underglow it does have a rotary encoder and the tiniest well second tiniest knob i've ever seen we also see crazy layout support here where you can have split backspace right shift go full iso step cap split spacebar whatever like the akNUMBER_TOKEN this involves having some switches completely rotated to north facing or simply rotated NUMBER_TOKEN degrees in some cases there are some important conditions to all this layout functionality which we'll talk about in just a second plate here is polycarb it's very flexible this should look really familiar if you've seen anything from wuche before you also get their ws series stabilizers included these are special low profile stabs designed by wuche for their thinner pcbs and the wire clips in on the underside they not only include stab pads but also pre-cut teflon pads as holy mod pads if you want to go that way with it and it's way easier than cutting
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