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by SEMW 3599 days ago
Cherry MX brown keyswitches are they usual recommendation for tactility + quietness, but the tactility is pretty subtle, no comparison to a Model M. I've heard several recommendations for Matias Quiet Click keyswitches [0] as having much more satisfying clickiness while being very quiet, but sadly haven't yet been able to try them yet.

Strictly those aren't exactly "keyboard" recommendations, but as well as selling keyboards Matias also sell the switches separately, so you can get a keyboard base to your preferences and solder keyswitches of your choice to it yourself, typically on a group-buy site like Massdrop. Eg I'm currently waiting for the Ergodox infinity drop[1] (split, non-staggered, open-source hardware and firmware, reprogrammable), but there are a bunch of more conventional keyboards available with a choice of keyswitches as well.

[0] http://matias.ca/switches/quiet/

[1] https://www.massdrop.com/buy/infinity-ergodox