Glorious Sound Desk Pro white

After looking for so many studio desks, I finally selected this and I'm really happy with the purchase. The desk has plenty of space and is 1.5m long. Is not too depth but offers a lot of space for placing keyboard laptops or other stuff on the working area. Rock solid and easy to assemble (less than 1h with help). I give only 4 stars on quality because of the keyboard tray. One of the rails came faulty, and thankfully Thomann send me a rails kit replacement really quickly (kudos for this!). In general the tray seems not very stable, which could be a problem if you put a heavy keyboard on it. In any case, I'm really satisfied with the purchase and I would buy it again without any doubt.

For construction of a small second studio away from our main large studio, we selected this desk as low priced solution for our needs. It is a flatpack product which can be assembled in around an hour. Several wooden dowels have to be glued into place meaning that any necessary disassembly and reassembly would be difficult as you would have to break the glued joints. When constructed, the unit appears to be fairly attractive but in use, it is somewhat flimsy. For the slide-out keyboard shelf, four heights are pre-drilled by the manufacturer for you to choose. We tried three different 88 note keyboards on the recommended second height setting and due to the rear cross member behind the shelf, none of the keyboards could be closed underneath the main table. We had to lower the shelf to the third setting which is slightly too low for comfortable playing. When playing the keyboard, there is no way to lock the slide out position meaning that the keyboard can move backwards and forwards. The two 19” rack spaces allow for 3 single units to be mounted on either side necessitating 4x6 bolts, so 24. Only 16 bolts are supplied and they are of a specific design so some units have to be supported with just two bolts instead of four. I imagine that one could buy 8 additional nuts and bolts but this is somewhat ridiculous cost cutting and is inconvenient for the user. I had actually ordered packets of additional nuts & bolts but they are the standard design and useless for this desk. The positioning of the nuts in the channel is very fiddly as they slide up and down too easily. Lastly, we have a 34” ultrawide monitor on the top shelf which moves slightly the whole time one is working due to the instability of the desk (which is not due to an uneven floor!) OK, it is low priced but these stability issues are very annoying, hence the star rating.

First of all, this desk gives you a very large working surface, even with the 3u racks populated. I was able to fit a keyboardless Korg Arp Odyssey FS in one of the rack spaces, since I didn’t attach the rack mounts there, with plenty of room for keyboard, mouse, effects pedals, books, laptops, everything else I needed access to. The top panel comfortably fits usb audio interfaces, a large monitor and monitor speakers.

Cable management is very tidy, once you arrange everything in the rear cable shelf it becomes hidden away. There is plenty of room in there for adapters, transformers and power strips.

The build quaility is generally quite good, and the whole desk is very solid and handles a lot of weight.

The exception here is the keyboard drawer itself, which started visibly bending towards a u-shape when I put in a DX-11. This is not as light as an equivalent simple midi controller, but lighter than most synths and not full width. I was comfortable with playing normally, but i was afraid to use the full range of aftertouch. However, it survived several years of usage without any actual wear or damage, and when I removed the keyboard the tray was completely straight.

Overall, I recommend this as a production desk, but if you want to use a heavy keyboard and also want to perform with no concerns about anything giving in, I would recommend using a keyboard stand next to it. If you’re used to playing with a light touch (and don’t have to trigger 40 year old aftertouch sensors), there shouldn’t be any issues anyway.