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Desk layout

Post by mpedrummer » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:12 pm

Looking for brilliant ideas here...

I have a (POS) desk from Office Max, or one of those type box stores. Several years ago, in a whirlwind fit of genius, I added a shelf about 10 inches above the surface of the desk. This surface holds 2 17" LCD monitors and two Event PS8s.

This weekend, I got a set of NS10s, and now I have absolutely no idea how the heck I'm ever going to fit them on my desk. The only way I can come up with would be to raise the shelf up so I can put the LCDs under it, and then have the speakers above angled down...I don't know that I like the idea of having the speakers above my head. I guess it would reduce direct reflections, somewhat, because the speakers wouldn't be parallel with the walls.

The other (more complex) thought I had was to cut out the area under the LCDs, put those directly on the desk, and then build a narrower shelf over just the LCDs for the NS10s, leaving the "mains" where they are now.

Any thoughts? Brilliant solutions? Magic pixie dust?

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Post by Mark Alan Miller » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:10 pm

Don't put the speakers above you. Yucky. Bad. Boo.

I like your idea of modifying the shelf, really.
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Post by mpedrummer » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:18 pm

I looked/measured a bit, and that's looking like the way to go. It'll put the NS10s more or less right at ear level, keep the Events there, and move the LCDs to a more comfortable position. Only thing I don't like is losing the space under the shelf, which has been surprisingly useful.

I'll get over it, though.

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