Office in Paradise...

Office in Paradise...  A long, hard day's work here – but with good results!  My main computer (the MacBook Pro) is up and running in its new environment.  In the second photo below you can see the current setup, just on folding tables.  Later I'll be building some work surfaces with cable runs, etc. to neaten all this up.  But for now, that's my (computer) work environment.

Even better, from my point of view, is that now my new office sounds good, too.  Previously there were major resonances and echo effects, basically because all four walls, the floor, and the ceiling are all nearly perfect acoustic reflectors.  I got some acoustic absorption panels (the wine-colored panels) and two quadratic-residue diffusers (the wooden panels with vertical slats), and the difference it makes in the sound quality of the room is dramatic.  As I write this, I'm listening to an Eagles album, and it sounds great!  Earlier today when I lit off my music, it was painful to listen – I had to shut it off, because I was reacting the same way one does to fingernails on a chalkboard.