I recently picked up this desk to upgrade my home recording setup. I didnt have much trouble with assembling it or with any of the parts, however I think the design of the desk itself can be a bit cumbersome. After getting it all setup, I realized the chair I had could not fit comfortably under the keyboard tray, and if it was low enough to, then the monitors on the riser tier would not too high up. I think if the keyboard tray was mounted more towards the back with a scooped middle like you see with other models, that may be fixed. I ended up removing the keyboard tray entirely for now, and the desk is a lot more comfortable without it. Another minor annoyance I noticed is that is is difficult to get to the screws on the very bottom of the panel. The desk isnt beveled at the back, so there is almost no way to unscrew the bottom row without some minor scratching the the top. The last thing to note is obvious in the photos, but the rack mount area is tilted to be leaning back. I had a full rack unit I tried to mount in it, but because of the depth, it would not work well as the rear of the unit was sticking out about 6 inches from the back of the desk.
Overall, I have been enjoying the desk and it still is way more convenient than what I was using, and significantly cheaper than other desks specifically fabricated for audio use.
May update if I have anything else I notice along the way, but overall I would recommend the desk so long as the annoyances above wouldnt be dealbreakers for you.
Good for what it is, but could be better
I recently picked up this desk to upgrade my home recording setup. I didnt have much trouble with assembling it or with any of the parts, however I think the design of the desk itself can be a bit cumbersome. After getting it all setup, I realized the chair I had could not fit comfortably under the keyboard tray, and if it was low enough to, then the monitors on the riser tier would not too high up. I think if the keyboard tray was mounted more towards the back with a scooped middle like you see with other models, that may be fixed. I ended up removing the keyboard tray entirely for now, and the desk is a lot more comfortable without it. Another minor annoyance I noticed is that is is difficult to get to the screws on the very bottom of the panel. The desk isnt beveled at the back, so there is almost no way to unscrew the bottom row without some minor scratching the the top. The last thing to note is obvious in the photos, but the rack mount area is tilted to be leaning back. I had a full rack unit I tried to mount in it, but because of the depth, it would not work well as the rear of the unit was sticking out about 6 inches from the back of the desk. Overall, I have been enjoying the desk and it still is way more convenient than what I was using, and significantly cheaper than other desks specifically fabricated for audio use. May update if I have anything else I notice along the way, but overall I would recommend the desk so long as the annoyances above wouldnt be dealbreakers for you.