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Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#101

Post by brunohaid »

jefc1111 wrote: post #100

A little OT: It seems that so few studio monitors (speakers) have grilles. I have kids and I don't want to need to trust them, or to need to ban them. I believe Genelec have grilles but the price is a little high for me for the models with decent-sized drivers. Given that Genelec are so popular, I can't imagine presence-of-grille presents a fundamental compromise, sound-wise. KRK seem to have grilles on theirs, but I…

The KEF come with cloth covers, but they're too elastic to deter a determined toddler. The smaller Genelec like the 8040's are quite protected and show up on somewhat trusted second hand sites like reverb.com for about ~$500-800 pair every now and then, which is hard to beat given the built in amps.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#102

Post by aosaigh »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #11
jasonpeacock wrote: post #6

That's a lot of words for "We put some industrial shelving in a closet with a keyboard and computer monitors, and we made it all beige."

How else do you think designers can justify their inflated rates? Wrap it in in a fancy word salad to elevate it and sell it to wealthy urbanites. Reminds me of that scene[1] from the Silicon Valley TV show where that designer was tasked to design a server box and he started the meeting showing random pictures to the CEO with some bongo drum soundtrack in order to "establish a common vocabulary" lol, or the brand man…

This is such a childish and cynical take. Just because you fail to see something, doesn't mean it's not there.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#103

Post by aosaigh »

brunohaid wrote: post #22

Oh, didn't think that'd make it to the front page, appreciated! OP and builder here. The website was purely because a friend and I were looking for design work during lockdown and put together a couple of things we recently worked on, but basic design and build was a fun ~6 months solo project. We had a good discussion on https://www.reddit.com/r/architecture/comments/1mlo6hu/tryin... over the weekend with more detai…

Well done, this is inspiring. I've bookmarked and downloaded the PDF for future renovations myself.

Looking through other comments here, it's absolutely wild how a tech-oriented audience are happy to completely disregard traditional design (interior, graphic, UI, ...), while championing technology design (systems & databases).

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#104

Post by nottorp »

frostburg wrote: post #80
gruturo wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That Das Keyboard is the only piece in the entire website I didn't quite dislike. But I'm biased as I'm typing this on one (although a Tenkeyless one - it's ridiculous to have a numpad, it's not the 80s). The rest goes from "meh" to "gross" (that fibreboard is getting _nasty_ even with a bit of sweat over a few months, not to mention its raw edge is going to result in blood loss sooner or later)

The rest isn't particularly nice either but I would describe it more as "suboptimal decisions" than lack of effort. They're not bad keyboards but you can get superior custom tenkeyless or even fullsize ones (if you must) without even having to deal with group buys now.

> superior custom tenkeyless

How are tenkeyless keyboards "superior"? Missing keys are a feature now?

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#105

Post by nottorp »

stavros wrote: post #92
Uehreka wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate to be a quote-TFA-and-say-nothing-else guy but: > Location: Brooklyn, NY

Yes, and?

Guessing doubling the area of that room would cost upwards of half a million, not tens of thousands.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#106

Post by nottorp »

varispeed wrote: post #51

I wouldn't be able to work in such a space for long. It kind of "squeezes the brain" if I can paint such picture what it feels. Like walls are pushing your head in and you can't think and focus. Unfortunately such situation, in countries where space is at massive premium, leads to wasted human potential. People would love to have hobbies, experiment but simple lack of space very much prevent that. So if your parents…

Hmm. My home office is about the same length but double the width (room is like 10 sq meters). It only has computers and not music gear/flight sim controllers though, so less cluttered. And a proper ergonomic chair :)

But now that I think of it, most of the time I spend in there I'm sitting at my chair and looking at the monitors. I never look back. So I'm basically using the same space as this office.

Maybe subconsciously knowing i have some space behind me before I hit the wall helps...

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#107

Post by jefc1111 »

brunohaid wrote: post #101
jefc1111 wrote: post #100

A little OT: It seems that so few studio monitors (speakers) have grilles. I have kids and I don't want to need to trust them, or to need to ban them. I believe Genelec have grilles but the price is a little high for me for the models with decent-sized drivers. Given that Genelec are so popular, I can't imagine presence-of-grille presents a fundamental compromise, sound-wise. KRK seem to have grilles on theirs, but I…

The KEF come with cloth covers, but they're too elastic to deter a determined toddler. The smaller Genelec like the 8040's are quite protected and show up on somewhat trusted second hand sites like reverb.com for about ~$500-800 pair every now and then, which is hard to beat given the built in amps.

Used 8040s is a good call. Nice price point (bit higher in UK though I think).

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#108

Post by gruturo »

nottorp wrote: post #104
frostburg wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rest isn't particularly nice either but I would describe it more as "suboptimal decisions" than lack of effort. They're not bad keyboards but you can get superior custom tenkeyless or even fullsize ones (if you must) without even having to deal with group buys now.

> superior custom tenkeyless How are tenkeyless keyboards "superior"? Missing keys are a feature now?

I think the parent poster didn't imply that TKL keyboads are intrinsically superior (on the other hand, unless your task is in the 1% benefiting from a keypad.... they kind of are IMHO, at least they're more portable and don't waste space on a desk), but rather described 2 possible attributes of better keyboards, not necessarily related.

On laptops, usually a keypad is an automatic indicator of a terrible product meant for the less knowledgeable audience. The keypad causes the rest of the keyboard to be squished to the left, with the hands now shifted off center and closer than normal. Awful experience every time.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

#109

Post by nottorp »

gruturo wrote: post #108
nottorp wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> superior custom tenkeyless How are tenkeyless keyboards "superior"? Missing keys are a feature now?

I think the parent poster didn't imply that TKL keyboads are intrinsically superior (on the other hand, unless your task is in the 1% benefiting from a keypad.... they kind of are IMHO, at least they're more portable and don't waste space on a desk), but rather described 2 possible attributes of better keyboards, not necessarily related. On laptops, usually a keypad is an automatic indicator of a terrible product mea…

> don't waste space on a desk

That has always baffled me. If you're using a computer professionally you have at least two monitors... and even one is as wide as a full sized keyboard or wider.

Not to mention that TKLs tend to also squeeze the arrow keys and the other navigation keys.

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