Image 1 — Am I dumb for thinking I could place monitors on my desk and also use them to practice piano?
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Am I dumb for thinking I could place monitors on my desk and also use them to practice piano?

It sounds fairly fine to my ear. The monitors are primarily for desktop synth stuff but I’m using the CP88 as a piano to practice regularly on.

Obviously not ideal having the monitors face the back of my head, but again, I can’t hear a significant difference A/B testing the direction I’m facing. Obviously ideally I’d have a separate set of speakers for the piano, but I bought these in the hope that I could do all at once.

I’m not sure whether to say ‘good enough’ and stop trying to optimise this when I’ll never get there without buying another set of speakers, which would require more space in a different room, or if I’m missing something obvious.

Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks.

u/papes_ — 5 days ago
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Am I dumb for thinking I could place monitors on my desk and also use them to practice piano?

It sounds fairly fine to my ear. The monitors are primarily for desktop synth stuff but I’m using the CP88 as a piano to practice regularly on.

Obviously not ideal having the monitors face the back of my head, but again, I can’t hear a significant difference A/B testing the direction I’m facing. Obviously ideally I’d have a separate set of speakers for the piano, but I bought these in the hope that I could do all at once.

I’m not sure whether to say ‘good enough’ and stop trying to optimise this when I’ll never get there without buying another set of speakers, which would require more space in a different room, or if I’m missing something obvious.

Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks.

u/papes_ — 5 days ago
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Am I dumb for thinking I could place monitors on my desk and also use them to practice piano?

It sounds fairly fine to my ear. The monitors are primarily for desktop synth stuff but I’m using the CP88 as a piano to practice regularly on.

Obviously not ideal having the monitors face the back of my head, but again, I can’t hear a significant difference A/B testing the direction I’m facing. Obviously ideally I’d have a separate set of speakers for the piano, but I bought these in the hope that I could do all at once.

I’m not sure whether to say ‘good enough’ and stop trying to optimise this when I’ll never get there without buying another set of speakers, which would require more space in a different room, or if I’m missing something obvious.

Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks.

u/papes_ — 5 days ago

Is this dumb? Feels like the second monitor is in another room

Though I can see it if I turn my head/swivel.. monitors are bigger than I thought!

u/papes_ — 7 days ago
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I see Octavia Spencer at least 6 times a day trying to get to Gmail and hitting enter before the autocomplete finishes

u/papes_ — 1 month ago
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New bamboo shoots next to retaining wall and a newly noticed crack - disaster?

Is this bamboo going to destroy our retaining wall? Only noticed the new shoot and the horizontal crack this morning at the same time and am panicking a bit that our wall is about to fail and come through the kitchen window. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

u/papes_ — 1 month ago

New bamboo shoots next to retaining wall - disaster?

Is this bamboo going to destroy our retaining wall? Only noticed the new shoot and the horizontal crack this morning at the same time and am panicking a bit that our wall is about to fail and come through the kitchen window. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

u/papes_ — 1 month ago

Made risers and double stacked based on this subs recommendation - very happy!

I bought some palette wood, cut, sanded, and used danish oil to seal and colour the wood to something similar to the bookcase, and now have a super functional and (I think) pretty bookcase! Thanks for helping in the original post!

Most importantly, I’ve got a ton of space for more books!

u/papes_ — 1 month ago

My Grandfather’s Seamaster Cosmic 166026

My Grandfather passed a couple of years ago and left me this watch, which I received a few months ago. Sent it off to Omega to be serviced as it wasn’t working and it feels wonderful.

Finally got it back this week, put a new strap on it as the previous one had perished, and I’m beyond happy with it and love wearing something I know he wore every day.

My other watch is a manual wind so this also feels like a big step up in convenience!

u/papes_ — 2 months ago

Hello!

I was hoping someone might have a recommendation for somewhere in town, or nearby, that sells or makes watch straps. Looking for stainless steel or something vegan.

Having trouble finding somewhere online - would appreciate any advice!

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u/papes_ — 2 months ago

I feel like so much space is wasted horizontally, and that there’s even more space in front of the books that should be used! I’m obviously only going for a single layer, but I’ve never stacked books horizontally before and it feels wrong!

u/papes_ — 2 months ago