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Build 11 — Studio Desk (buy ready-made)

Buy a ready-made desk — do NOT build one. Place at the listening axis + manage cables · click any drawing to zoom · acoustics5
Recommended (buy, don't build): Glorious Sound Desk Pro (integrated 2× racks, sliding tray; fits the ~5.43 m² Control Room) — alt: Zaor Miza or Output Platform. Confirm width fits the front wall and leaves the equilateral monitor triangle. Sources: argosyconsole.com · zaor.us · soundonsound.com desk roundup.

What you need

1
Ready-made studio desk (Glorious Sound Desk Pro / Zaor Miza) · DESK-01
Qty: 1
Buy as-is — replaces the build-a-desk guide
2
Monitor stands / isolation pads · —
Qty: 1 pair
Decouple Genelec 8030C from the desk
3
Cable management (trays, ties, grommets) · —
Qty: 1 lot
Route to the patchbay / floor box

Build sequence

Control Room (plan) — NORTH / front wall (OW-1) at top, south at bottomOW-1 windowstudio desk (120×60)GAP — desk NOTtouching N wall1

1 Buy the desk

Order the ready-made desk (Glorious Sound Desk Pro / Zaor Miza). No site fabrication — replaces the old build-a-desk guide.

Control Room (plan) — NORTH / front wall (OW-1) at top, south at bottomOW-1 windowstudio desk (120×60)GAP — desk NOTtouching N wallmonitors on front wall (50mm absorption behind)2

2 Assemble & place monitors

Assemble per the maker's instructions; set the monitors on the desk's meter bridge / stands.

Control Room (plan) — NORTH / front wall (OW-1) at top, south at bottomOW-1 windowstudio desk (120×60)GAP — desk NOTtouching N wallmonitors on front wall (50mm absorption behind)listening pos · 1.54m from front (72% depth) · 1.2m triangle3

3 Place the desk at its DESIGNATED spot

Per the locked SSOT: desk ~78 cm from the west (diagonal) wall, facing the OW-1 window; do NOT push it against the north wall (leave the gap for monitors + sightline). Engineer chair 114 cm from the south wall; monitors form a 1.2 m equilateral triangle, listening position 1.54 m from the front wall (72% depth). Desk joinery: see locked DESK-LAYOUT.

Control Room (plan) — NORTH / front wall (OW-1) at top, south at bottomOW-1 windowstudio desk (120×60)GAP — desk NOTtouching N wallmonitors on front wall (50mm absorption behind)listening pos · 1.54m from front (72% depth) · 1.2m trianglepatchbay4

4 Cable management

Route audio/USB/HDMI to the patchbay / floor box; keep mains and audio separated; tidy with trays/ties.

Control Room (plan) — NORTH / front wall (OW-1) at top, south at bottomOW-1 windowstudio desk (120×60)GAP — desk NOTtouching N wallmonitors on front wall (50mm absorption behind)listening pos · 1.54m from front (72% depth) · 1.2m trianglepatchbay5

5 Decouple the monitors

Put the monitors on isolation pads/stands so they don't transmit into the desk; final level + tilt to ear height.

Golden rule: A bought, lab-built desk beats a site-built one for cost, finish and ergonomics. Position it for the equilateral monitor triangle; decouple monitors so the desk doesn't resonate.