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Nobody could believe how clean and tidy Mark's HT area was... and apparently we are having even more trouble with his work area

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Yes!! You are being deceived!!

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This is absolutely true... through the miracle of the Hubble telescope and Google Earth, I obtained this photo:

Oddly enough in widescreen 16:9.

Bren R.

OK! Bren!

Now we're talkin REALITY here!!

Very strong resemblence to mine(and many others' as well?)computer areas on a standard day I'll bet!!

Rich.

Well, here we go! The edit rack this morning after booting up:


Turning a little to the right, the duplication rack:


Keep turning further to the right, my desk:


Further to the right, printers, disc duplicator and my tape/disc stock shelf.


Nothing retouched; all as found this morning.

The secret is that plastic bin seen on the table in photo 2. I call it my "currents", and when a customer calls on short notice and needs to come into the office for something, I scoop up the stuff on my desk, put it in there and put the bin in the closet till the client's gone. Quick and easy.

So…. Anyone use an M3 upside-down?

Bren wrote:

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Wow, Mark.. that is the most together edit suite I've ever seen. You must not do road work

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Thanks! I do, but I have separate equipment for that... save the portable rack above the mixer that has a Tascam DAT recorder, Tascam CD recorder, ART mic preamp and a ..... ummm.... Monster power center. (It was on sale and cheaper than the Furman I was going to get...I swear!). And I don't do live mixes anymore....

It's a very comfortable and ergonomically-correct setup...kinda feels like "Command Central".... but only for one person. When a client is in there I deel like they're "in my space" a bit and I can't get them to stop touching monitors and putting their feet up on the botom tubes of the Anthro rack. If I hd more space, I'd love to put a 20" PVM somewhere else in the room with a loveseat, telephone and secure drink holder! As you can see from the four "corner" shots of the room, though, there's nowhere else to put them unless I put them in another room. Hey! Now that I think of it....!

Rich: Thanks for the tips regarding the shielding.... it's good to know how close I can or can't go!

Oz: Thanks for the reminder regarding the rear ports! It's tough to tell in the photo, but I'd actually have 10~12" behind so I should be good! I don't think I'd have enough room for horizontal placement on those shelves, though!

Dan: I really don't need the height of the 22s... or the bass. I do have a corner-loaded JBL sub behind the rack. It's not the deepest for LFE, but is much more than adequate for music/voices. I have wondered about the revealing nature of M2s instead of M3s, but honestly, I've always wanted to try M3s to experience Axioms' "other" sound choice. Besides, I think that the fact that the M3s reach a little lower than the M2s could mean turning off the sub completely when just editing bass-anemic stuff like voiceovers.

Well Mark; While following your tour of the space, and marveling on how great it looked. I couldn't help but query the wife about what we may be doing wrong!

She basically stated; and I agreed:

"Clearly, he does not have four Grandchildren and all of their friends marauding through the house like so many "peaunuts" "Pigpens" depositing fallout all over the place, and repositioning everything in sight!"

We then shared a hankie over "what could have been" and offered up the highest praise concerning what a wonderfull work space you have, and how fortunate you are to be able to enjoy your labors in such a pleasant environment!

Geez...must be nice!
Rich and Kat.

Hey Mark--

Yes, in my wife's office we've got the M3s upside down. They are on the bottom shelf of an elfa hanging shelf system, with about 4" behind them.

Because the shelf is above head height when she's sitting at her desk we tried the speakers right-side up and upside down. This is not a nearfield listening set up, so not identical to yours. But our preference (or at least mine since my wife didn't really seem to notice much of a difference) was upside down.

So there you go. Does your office suck as badly as your HT room?

Take care,
Rich

By the way, that was a snapshot of my desk currently... I'm ill, and don't feel like sitting upright at it any longer than necessary, there usually aren't 3 empty Pepsi glasses and a potato chip (lunch) bowl there. That's really worst-case scenario.

To see the edit suite, which is in bro's hands, would just make you retch. My work area looks disheveled... his looks disgusting. But he can find whatever he needs when he needs it. God forbid anyone else has to find anything around there though.

Bren R.