These mechanical keyboards are two very different sides of the same beautifully made coin

Most mechanical keyboards are great these days, with colorful looks and satisfying typing sounds — even in budget-friendly ranges. But every so often, one stops me dead in my tracks. In this case, two of them. I’ve been testing a pair of jaw-droppingly lovely keyboards that launched late last year. The Evoworks Evo75, a compact 75-percent layout with loud, low-pitched typing sounds. And the Dry Studio ATM98, an 1800-layout / 98-percent layout with silent switches and a design that’s anything but quiet — complete with an enormous RGB-ified rotary dial. They are easily two of the nicest keyboards I’ve ever seen, heard, and used. And they’re not terribly expensive, either, with the Evo75 running about $170 and the ATM98 costing $259 (each comes prebuilt with switches and keycaps). But what’s so fun about using both these keyboards is how these small works of art couldn’t be more different and how they’ll easily appeal to different people. …