Well, quick update: I've sold the Quad 12l's that were on my desk and replaced them with some Q Acoustics 3010's I had lying around. I've put them on their sides (bad idea, I know) but for some reason, in this very nearfield configuration, I got a bit more bass out of them this way. This is only a temporary solution, though.
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I've narrowed it down to the following options:
- buy a larger desk so I can put my PC on my desk and not have to compromise on speaker size. This one hurts because I literally JUST bought this one and it was a $600 desk.
- use this desk, get a pair of larger monitor speakers and put the PC somewhere else in the room and use cable extenders to make it all work.
- use this desk, buy a pair or small monitors and cram everything (included the PC) on the 140x60cm surface. Currently the Eve Audio SC203, iLoud MTM and Genelec 8010a are on the shortlist.
- set fire to my office and just forget about the whole thing. Go do pottery or yoga or something.
Strongly considering the last option.