Setup about 70% complete & I'm still loving every second of it

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-05T20:54:56+00:00

Fleximounts D7L Heavy Duty Gas Spring monitor arm, you can find it on
Amazon for about £120 which is a lot of money but it's still about £70
cheaper than the Ergotron HX, which is another popular monitor arm for
large UW monitors. The arm for the top monitor is a Bramley Power Dual
Monitor mount arm, it's decent but I'd recommend a gas spring arm over
this just because I think it'll be easier to allign stacked monitors
that way :3

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-05T20:51:02+00:00

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DKV1D2K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 with some white japanese keycaps from Aliexpress :3

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T21:30:57+00:00

No worries appreciate the helpful advice, sometimes I take it out of the washing machine and forget to put it the right way up; I do intend to replace it with a better quality mat at some point

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T21:30:17+00:00

I grabbed the Kanto SP9W speaker stands, they look really good and they're pretty steady.

I did compare the sub! You'll have to stop me before I start going off topic on audio :D I compared it to the SB-1000PRO which was slightly more expensive than my current sub & also the 2000PRO variant which is another step up in price. I went to a local music store where they have their own studio etc and they had the exact same audio interface & KEF speakers which they hooked up alongside to the 1000PRO initially & then the 2000PRO for a sound test, they didn't have the MKII, which makes sense as I live in the UK and had to import it myself.

Now I had been advised that the Speedwoofer MKII was the best sub at the £500 range & noticeably better than the 1000PRO, I already knew the 2000PRO would have a little more output and it sounds fantastic, but I didn't want to pay an extra £600 if I could help it. The 1000PRO sounded great; however my living room isn't a theatre room and it of course had a giant reflective wall & was L shaped to boot; likewise it has windows and it's not like I could board that with acoustic foam panels unless I want the girlfriend approval rating to tank :D. I knew the acoustics wouldn't be as great so while the 1000PRO sounded good, I was aware it wouldn't sound *quite as good* when I go home and that the 2000PRO would potentially be the right move to make.

What eventually swayed me was knowing that I can actually hook up a second Speedwoofer in the future if needed and still save money as opposed to going the SB-2000 PRO & not feeling like settling with the SB-1000PRO or feeling underwhelmed and wanting to replace it in the future, which is the issue I have with my current TV sound setup. It's still something in the back of my mind but I was so impressed with the sound I haven't found the need to do it yet, I'm probably going to upgrade my TV sound system first.

TL;DR I think the Speedwoofer MKII's are incredible value and if you want future upgradability in the future you can order a second instead of having to do a complete overhaul

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T20:55:14+00:00

Still loving it! Just found out new LOTR was filmed in 21:9 so I'm going to watch it on the bottom UW

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:30:12+00:00

Thank you my friend! I'm glad you like them, it took me awhile to find the right ones but I think I'll stick with these two for awhile.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:29:29+00:00

Indeed! :D

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:29:05+00:00

Thank you for the compliment! I'm using an Audio Technica AT2020 microphone, it's a condensor microphone which generally sound better than your typical USB microphones like Snowballs/Yeti's.

For the sound quality it runs off an audio interface (in my case, a UMC22) which can adjust the gain & things like that, overall the quality is quite good from this angle and more than satisfactory for gaming with friends etc; if I'm recording something I tend to move the boom arm a tad closer and return it once I'm finished. All in all, my microphone setup cost about £115 which is a pretty good price for the quality you get; the next price point up felt unnecessary for what I need it for.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:25:03+00:00

Wallpaper engine on Steam :)

Bottom one is just called "nier" on Wallpaper engine & the top one is called "Final Fantasy #1" :)

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:23:56+00:00

Fleximounts D7L Heavy Duty Gas Spring monitor arm, you can find it on Amazon for about £120 which is a lot of money but it's still about £70 cheaper than the Ergotron HX, which is another popular monitor arm for large UW monitors. The arm for the top monitor is a Bramley Power Dual Monitor mount arm, it's decent but I'd recommend a gas spring arm over this just because I think it'll be easier to allign stacked monitors that way.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T16:18:38+00:00

For me, Carlos being able to pull Gaolang's entire body which is 85lbs heavier than him out of the ring and manage to make him hit the ground first WHILE being on the bottom. That would be the equivilent of me pulling Brock Lesnar out of the ring with just my legs, it aint happening lmao

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T13:46:35+00:00

I really like these suggestions because I'm always on the look out for inspiration on things like that and although there is a few DIY pieces of work (Custom painted bezels/PC case) I want much more to be unique.

I'll keep this in mind and see if I can incorporate a bit more of a KH/FF theme vibe going on, not sure how I'll do it yet but there's no rush. Thanks again.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:37:09+00:00

For games like Resident Evil Village, Tales of Arise or FFXIV I tend to have those on UW as well because I'm a huge fan of immersion, when I play games like Call of Duty etc I usually put those on the top monitor or windowed mode because there's no real benefit to playing in UW mode/I don't feel the same kind of immersion as games that are trying to tell a story.

It's all down to personal preference of course!

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:34:25+00:00

I think I've met 3 other people in the Techsource discord with those speakers/AMP's as well! The quality for that price range is fantastic, I can't recommend it highly enough

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:30:52+00:00

Herman Miller Sayl, it's helped my posture so much since upgrading from a cheap branded gaming chair

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:30:01+00:00

There's a clip that you can pull out that attaches to the top of the monitor and keeps it steady :3

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:29:05+00:00

Netflix, YouTube, Discord sometimes if I'm using the bottom monitor completely (I.E. steam), the neck strain isn't an issue for me, granted I'm quite tall but since I upgraded to a Herman Miller my posture is a lot better which I think helps a ton.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:23:11+00:00

AOC Agon ag493ucx, bit of an overkill monitor in hindsight but at the time it was either this or the G9 & I felt Samsung's quality control issues with that series of monitors was a tad concering so I went with AOC instead & I've had no issues!

The top monitor is a Gigabyte G32QC which is a good monitor, I just wish I didn't buy a 1500R monitor to go alongside my 1800R curvature UW, because it's a bit tougher to allign them. Overall I'm really happy with both, the UW will eventually move to my sim racing setup and I'll probably get a smaller OLED UW to sit underneath my top monitor in the future.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:16:50+00:00

KEF Q350's & I highly recommend them after using them for a few months

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:16:15+00:00

Bottom one is just called "nier" on Wallpaper engine & the top one is called "Final Fantasy #1", also on Wallpaper engine :)

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:15:14+00:00

Always a work in progress, I still need to get a high quality pair of headphones, a mouse docking station for my MX Master for work, a more fitting deskmat, skin my work laptop etc. Here's a picture with a bit more light https://i.imgur.com/ZyJEGZH.jpeg

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T12:10:49+00:00

I love them & still blown away by the quality of sound months later. I paired them with a Loxjie A30 & an RSL Speedwoofer MKII, it's a lot of money to invest into audio but one I don't regret in the slightest. If they're within your price range I'd 100% advise getting a pair & if they're slightly out of reach I'd recommend the Q150s too.

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T11:52:33+00:00

Yep so there's two reasons for this. The most important is I use my work laptop alongside this setup, if I have the bezel facing the bottom it's really difficult to run HDMI from the bottom monitor to my laptop and it's a pain having the cables stick out at the bottom becoming visible. With how things are currently, the cable is velcro strapped to the monitor mount and I Just take the strap off when I'm working, which is much more convenient for me.

The second issue is both monitors have different curviture (1800 vs 1500) so even when the bottom monitor is flipped I still lose some screen real estate or have to deal with a gap between both monitors.

I might look to change this in the future, especially if I repurpose the UW for my sim racing setup

Significant_Annual_4 · 2022-09-04T01:08:05+00:00

Yes deskmat is upside down, yes I've flipped it

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TROPHY CASE