deskthority

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Those subtitles are classic
Regarding the pronunciation of Topre, I think the way I say it in the video is probably not 100% spot on, maybe because of my accent. The correct way can be heard in this vid. The word Topre is an amalgamation of the words Tokyo and Press. Most westerners pronounce Tokyo as 'Toe-kee-yo', whereas I suppose the Japanese would say it in two syllables like 'Toe-kyo' or if you are having trouble saying that 'Toke-yo' (420 blaze it, etc). So the start of the word 'Topre' is pretty much the same between Japanese and Westerners because we all pronounce the first part of Tokyo as 'toe'.

Press is the hard part because westerners will pronounce that pretty much as it's spelled, whereas Japanese will say it as 'Pu-re-su' or something like that. So really, I guess how you say Topre depends on where you are from and how you pronounce the beginning of those words. For us, I think 'Toe-preh' is probably fine, and Japanese will say 'Toe-pu-reh'.

Your model is different on some aspects from those I opened (45g, 55g and silent) with US layout.

On the US layout, there is an additional screw that maintains the cable next to the PCB. Also the domes are made of multiple pieces of rubber. And it's very easy to detach them from the PCB. I suspect a single glance would be enough.

EDIT: fixed some missing words

Yes, you're right, sometimes there is a ferrite bead inside and a ground wire going to the plate.
Here's an album that shows that on an 87U if anyone's interested: http://imgur.com/a/eI8Il
And full-size Realforce here, where I was measuring the internal cable length for I think Pexon, or some other cable maker: http://imgur.com/a/OiYCL

I've decided to sell the black 55g 87U and get the white/gray version, since I realized I do want to keep the silenced ergonomic version and don't want to swap the domes.

I'm selling the black one here:
http://deskthority.net/for-sale-f55/rea ... t9788.html