StudioRTA Producer Station 3-stars Reviews
Great Desk Poor Rack
Bought this desk for my new home studio setup.
Plus points: it's a great desk qua desk. Holds the computer, the monitor, the speakers, the printer, the box of leads, the box of random crap, some other boxes, all manner of random objects that appear in the studio and need to live somewhere. Horizontal bits are horizontal; things don't randomly roll off it. Easy to put too much stuff on it, to be honest, but maybe that's just me.
Minus points: that rack strip. It's not really fit for purpose. I just bought a 3U rack drawer, a 2U rack drawer and a 2U rack shelf, hoping to get extra storage for random objects. Unfortunately the 5U rack strips under the monitor shelf appear to have been perforated by a drunk chimpanzee with a crossbow. You might be able to get a given piece of kit in there at the height you want, but also you might not. I'd hoped to have the drawer at the top and the shelf underneath but it was not to be. Now I have a 3U rack drawer at the same height as the body of the desk with a slightly sad looking rack shelf above it. On the other hand, the 2U rack drawer went straight in at the top of the longer rack strip on the LH side with no problems; I had previously installed a 1U drawer on the RH side with no problems.
I am currently investigating whether or not it is possible to remove the 5U of useless rack strip from beneath the monitor shelf and replace it with proper rack strip that will work with proper rack kit. Looks like it screws on so maybe. As for the other rack strip on the left and right hand sides, you are stuck with that as it is definitely welded to the legs holding the desk up. Good luck there.
Other than that, as other reviews have stated, this is probably the heaviest item you will ever order; make sure you get a friend to help you install the thing. Also, be careful where you install it, as that'll be the room it stays in forever. Does not fit through doors or round corners.
19? Rack mount is too tight.
This desk is of very good build and quality, the workspace is large and setup is excellent. There is just one problem:
The 19? rack mount is spaced to tight.
After mounting 3 1U components the holes for the next component, on top or below, do not align.
There is always a little wiggle room on the components, but if the top one is adjusted to the top, the middle centered, and the bottom to the bottom, the next set of components will not fit. Same problem if you mount a 2U or 3U component.
My desk might be a one of a kind, but I doubt that. It seems as they have allowed for too little space in-between units.
Technical Data
- Manufactured by StudioRTA
- Released in 2005
- Average price : $657
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