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last year I got to check out Logitech's newest flagship keyboard the g9 turnaround spa I was reasonably impressed at the time though the keycaps use we're pretty questionable in a way I liked how they hugged my fingers when gaming but for gliding across when touch typing there certainly weren't ideal and some other users absolutely hated them the G 910 is back now with some minor changes and improvements and this new refresh is named the g9 tenor ryan spectrum is it the flagship monster that it always should have been let's take a closer look and find out as you can see the overall design and appearance hasn't changed much on this model the wrist rest has a removable cover which makes it nice and easy to clean and I describe it as being medium in size the G 9/10 logo lights up here and gives a pretty cool effect so all around it's a good rest rest setup the G keys remain and on the left you'll find five of them plus an additional four across the top of the keyboard above your first F keys in the very top left you'll also find four different mode keys allow you to quickly switch profiles for those macro keys there's slight limitation I didn't like with this but I'll touch on that later when I talk about the software the underside is simple with four rubber pads to prevent sliding and some standard flick down legs at the back the ARX control dock remains this is a slide-out panel that's designed to hold your phone which I actually quite liked I found it pretty useful to have my phone sitting upright in front of me so I could quickly glance at notifications without picking it up or looking away from the screen too much during gaming it's called the ARX control dock because the idea is for you to run the ARX control app on your phone and to have it sitting there displaying some somewhat interesting system statistics to you while you game I can't really imagine game is using this too much but it's nice a little extra that some people will like up in the top right the media keys remain including a handy volume wheel I think it's great that these are included and honestly I find it pretty much essential for a good desktop keyboard these days another nice touch is the etching found on the arrow keys G keys and the WASD Keys this allows the awesomely even lighting delivered by the romaji switches to really shine through the design of Logitech proprietary switches means the backlight is actually positioned right in the middle of the switch and and straight up in the center illuminating the entire face of the key really evenly you'll find on competing products that often the secondary function of the key can sometimes receive no light at all which is a bit of a bummer so well done logitech on this front the USB cable is wrapped in simple rubber and I would have liked to see a braided cable here I get that they perform the same function in the end but for a flagship keyboard you like the entire package to feel high quality a big omission I feel is the lack of USB pass-through I find it really handy personally and I think considering the ARX dock it would have been really nice to be able to sit your phone in the dock and charge it at the same time regarding actual typing on the keyboard I think the romaji keys are going to be quite divisive if you haven't tried them yet I think it'll be fair to say that they feel quite a lot like membranes for mechanical switches there is some tactile feedback with their mushier than Cherry MX browns and since blue switches are my favorite they're not really my preference but it's not like I didn't like typing on them I could definitely use them and get used to them quickly here's a quick type test so you can hear what they sound like Logitech Gaming software is attractive and powerful but one thing I didn't like was that there was no onboard memory in the keyboard this means for you custom lighting and macros to be present you have to have the Logitech Gaming software running this also means that on startup and shutdown the keyboard defaults to the RGB Christmas tree and if you plug it into another computer you need to start customizing from scratch so this is another feature I really would have liked to see pricing for the g9 tanner ryan spectrum is a fair bit higher than i'd like to see it in the USA it'll run you 180 US dollars and that's really at the high end of the market it's also pretty hard to find that said I did find it on special at Best Buy for one hundred and ten dollars online but I have no idea how long the special will be around for in Australia the new g9 turnaround spectrum is pretty hard to find also logitech's website listed for $250 which in my opinion is way too much to pay for a keyboard that lacks a few features that I can see they're pretty essential overall it's pretty hard to recommend the g9 turnaround spectrum when there keyboards like the g.skill km 780 with richer feature sets and cherry MX switches for less money based on the apparent availability you would seem like Logitech isn't pushing the g9 10 too hard and that's probably for the reasons listed above I'll keenly look forward to their next flagship installment as logitech's been a long time favorite peripherals maker of mine and I have confidence that they'll come back strong what do you guys think for the new g9 10 let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time youtubers like me depend on your support to continue improving the quality and content of our videos to support the channel directly consider becoming a patron to also get access to a heap of cool rewards and exclusive giveaways also don't forget you can check prices and buy the products I looked at in this video through the Amazon links in the video description below thank you kindly for supporting me and the hardware on box channel it means a lot to me and I really do appreciate it and in return I'll continue to work as hard as I can to keep producing the content you enjoy