Reviewing Everything on my Desk! (2026)

Hey, what's up? I'm KHC here and welcome to reviewing everything on my desk. This

is fun because I review a lot of things on this channel and it's going to be stuff that I've had for a few days or a few weeks or sometimes a few months, but this is the stuff that I've been using the longest that I know the best. A lot

of the stuff I've been using for many years, some of it for over a decade. So,

yeah, this is stuff I'm going to know like the back of my hand cuz I've been making videos with it for many years now. We all know that the tools are just

now. We all know that the tools are just tools. The sculpture is not great

tools. The sculpture is not great because of the chisel that the artist uses, but you better believe that if that artist uses the same chisel for 10 years straight, they're going to know it

really well. So, let's start with the

really well. So, let's start with the desk itself, which is actually kind of ridiculous. This thing here, it's called

ridiculous. This thing here, it's called the Next Desk Air Pro. It has four legs.

It's a sitstand desk, and this surface on top is enormous. It's 96 in across by 38 in deep. So, it's basically 8 feet by 3 feet. And it's mostly crazy because

3 feet. And it's mostly crazy because this whole thing is like a quarter inch thick. It's this piece of aluminum. And

thick. It's this piece of aluminum. And

with all this weight on it, like this is a massive surface to have all this stuff here. It doesn't bend at all, which is

here. It doesn't bend at all, which is kind of crazy. It doesn't rock or really shake. It's rock solid. Uh this company

shake. It's rock solid. Uh this company doesn't really sell that much stuff or or make that much other tech. It's just

this particular desk, which I got nearly a decade ago, happens to work perfectly.

And I think I'm going to This is like my forever desk. This thing is like a rock.

forever desk. This thing is like a rock.

Fun fact, I got this so long ago the company was still called Next Desk, but now they're called Xesk. But you can see here over on this little controller over here, it still says Next Desk. So that's

how you know it's an OG. Really, my only complaint with this thing is that when you're raising and lowering the height of it, you have to keep holding the button. On almost every other standing

button. On almost every other standing desk I've ever tried, you just press the button. You press the one button for

button. You press the one button for your one height and the two button for your two height. This one you have to hold the one button to set it to your one height. It's such a minor complaint.

one height. It's such a minor complaint.

Everything else about it is amazing. I'm

giving it a nine out of 10. So then next up is the chair, which is maybe a bit underrated in some setups, but this is also one of the most highly rated kind of famous chairs of all time. It's the

Herman Miller Embody, and it's one of the best investments I've ever made.

Super comfortable. It has a ton of adjustability, but at this point, I don't adjust it anymore. just kind of molded around my back. Uh, so yeah, it's super comfortable. I had one back in

super comfortable. I had one back in college. I'll probably have one for the

college. I'll probably have one for the foreseeable future. Great chair. I feel

foreseeable future. Great chair. I feel

like the investment in your comfort and your back makes it worth it. I'm giving

this thing a 10 out of 10. So, all

right. Next up on top of the desk is we'll start with the computer, which is the Mac Pro. And God, where do I start with this? This is probably going to be

with this? This is probably going to be one of the first things to go. I'm not

giving up on it yet, but I'm pretty sure Apple already has. This is the M2 Ultra Tower Mac Pro. I got it I think this is

now 6 years ago and it was like 12 $13,000.

At the time it was Apple's most powerful computer, M2 Ultra, 24 cores, 76 core GPU, 192 gigs of RAM, and 8 TB of storage. But now it's starting to age a

storage. But now it's starting to age a little bit cuz we've seen the M3 generation of chips. And there's an M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio. That's the new most powerful Mac. and the M4 generation of chips and then the M5 generation of

chips and the Mac Pro has not been updated for any of those. So, it's still obviously a very powerful computer. The

one reason I got it is because I have one PCI card inside it and the Mac Pro was built around expansion. So, I do have an OWC I think it's a 64 TBTE SSD

for all of my live backups. Everything

that we make, I back up to that SSD. So,

this thing's been fine. It has all the pros and cons of a normal tower PC. A

lot of people ask why I don't put it underneath the desk. It's because with a sitst stand desk, if I put it underneath the desk, then the cables have to move up and down and reach it. So, it sits on the desk so the cables can be nicely hidden. Yeah, this is this is going to

hidden. Yeah, this is this is going to be replaced pretty soon. I I hope there's an M5 Ultra Mac Studio soon that I can swap this out with and then like a Thunderbolt OWC SSD for backup. That's

probably what this is going to be soon.

Until then, it's fine. I say four out of 10. So, that brings us next to the

10. So, that brings us next to the displays that I work with every single day, which is the Pro Display XDR. There's two of them. I've had a dual monitor set up forever, but the Pro Display XDR on its face, it's actually

kind of insane. It's a 60 Hz 32 in LED back lit LCD, 16x9, no webcam, no speakers, and it's $5,000.

And uh the stand that it's actually standing on is also another $1,000. And

the nanoexture finish is another thousand. So each one of these is

thousand. So each one of these is $7,000.

And for that price, you could get an entire setup that looks actually a lot like this. And that's actually what we

like this. And that's actually what we made the new studio video on. So you can check that out at the link below the like button. It's pretty sick. So of

like button. It's pretty sick. So of

course, this is a ridiculously niche product. You can watch my full review of

product. You can watch my full review of the Proisplay XDR from a couple years ago, so you can understand what they are and who they're for. Um, I will say in this like brightly lit studio with a

whole wall of windows over there, the nanoexture is actually extremely effective, but it also makes them impossible to clean. So, if you touch it or if you get anything on it, it's just

hard to get rid of that forever. So, I

really try hard to keep these clean. But

everybody else in the studio doing color has these, so we all know if we're matching and comparing and contrasting reference color, it all looks the same.

I happen to use them on my daily setup which means I do a lot of also non- video editing on them and that's when I wish they were higher refresh rate and that's when I wish maybe they'd have a couple more features. Uh but they don't

and I also have speakers and a webcam separately so they're fine. This is my Opal C1 webcam plugged into one of the ports on the back of the monitor. It's

nice that they have ports on the back.

I'm not going to review this webcam cuz I invested in the company. So obviously

I think they're great but I'll stay away from that. But I'm going to give these

from that. But I'm going to give these an 8 out of 10. Now, these displays are standing on the desk, not on this shelf here, but I do still have the shelf because it's nice for a little bit of extra storage. So, this is made by

extra storage. So, this is made by Groveade. I mainly keep like smaller

Groveade. I mainly keep like smaller items in here, cables, SIM card removal tools, pens, flash drives, a Sharpie, stuff like that. Uh, it's just a handy little place to sort of stow things

away. These are pretty pricey. I

away. These are pretty pricey. I

remember Groveade sent them over and they have a bunch of different colors.

This is the black version. I think

they're pricey because they should be able to support a bunch of weight if I actually did have dual monitors on top of it, but they're not. So, you could easily replicate this exact same effect with something way cheaper. That said,

it does exactly what it's supposed to, and I like the way it looks. 10 out of 10. So, then next up, all the way over

10. So, then next up, all the way over here is my audio interface. So, there's

a digital to analog converter in here, a DAC. A lot of people do this internal

DAC. A lot of people do this internal inside the computer. or this will be a PCI slot in the Mac Pro or whatever they're doing. But this one's external

they're doing. But this one's external and it plugs in via Thunderbolt and it also is this giant glorified volume knob which I find very satisfying. But yeah,

it plugs into both the speakers and the headphones. And there's a whole bunch of

headphones. And there's a whole bunch of other stuff that comes with it. Like

there's a whole bunch of software.

There's a bunch of plugins that you can use with it. I don't use almost any of them. The software is also honestly

them. The software is also honestly really buggy. I have to reset it all the

really buggy. I have to reset it all the time. Sometimes I update it and it

time. Sometimes I update it and it forgets what it is. I have to download new firmware. It's kind of more of a

new firmware. It's kind of more of a pain than it should be, but it gets the job done. There's a lot of other things

job done. There's a lot of other things again that could get the job done, but we've been using this here for again many years. I just wish it didn't have

many years. I just wish it didn't have so many issues. It's like a four out of 10. Now, the speakers, I think they're

10. Now, the speakers, I think they're iconic at this point to just the look of my desk. I love these things. So, this

my desk. I love these things. So, this

is a pair of Yamaha HS8s. They're active

near field studio monitors, reference monitors, whatever you want to call them. Yeah, I've had these forever. I

them. Yeah, I've had these forever. I

love these and they happen to be pretty good at everything. Like they're good for just general reference listening, video editing, audio editing, but also just for music listening. I don't need a

subwoofer with this setup because these will get all the way down to the 40 Hz range. This big 8-in woofer does great.

range. This big 8-in woofer does great.

There's also a 1-in twitter up here.

They only have a couple sort of weird quirks. Matter of fact, this is a

quirks. Matter of fact, this is a wireless charger that I'll get to in a second right next to it. But the

shielding on these is imperfect, I guess. Uh because if you have a phone

guess. Uh because if you have a phone like right next to it for long enough, sometimes like RF interference, you can actually hear on the speaker and I'll hear like a little faint buzzing sound.

Sometimes like right before I get a call or a text message, I'll hear the speakers buzzing and I know I'm getting a signal, which is crazy. Anyway,

typically they perform great. They sound

great. I know exactly what they're supposed to sound like from sitting between them for so long. I have no complaints. There are probably

complaints. There are probably technically better monitors out there that I could switch to, but I know these so well. Nine out of 10. Okay, so the

so well. Nine out of 10. Okay, so the headphones of choice, these are a couple years in now, are these right here.

These are my Sennheiser HD 650s, and I wear them a lot during the day. Oh, and

they happen to be on this pretty generic uh Kanto uh stand. any stand will do.

But I like these a lot because uh I wear them a lot and they are very light and comfortable and they're open back and they sound really good. So Sennheiser

has a whole range of products. You can

kind you can see that they're open back.

They have this uh sort of a mesh looking look here, but I've basically been wearing open back headphones in the studio because people will talk and and ask me questions while I'm editing or or

doing whatever on the computer and I can hear them and I don't have to take the headphones off and that's pretty nice.

They also sound really good. Really

great for reference again for editing and also occasional music listening. And

yeah, they're wired. They plug right into the DACK. They don't really have any flaws. There are again technically

any flaws. There are again technically better headphones out there, but I just know these really, really well. I was

trying to think of what I would change about them or what I would do to them.

The only thing I could think of was wireless would be nice, but that means adding a battery and probably some weight and maybe less comfort. So, I

guess I probably wouldn't do that. These

are great. 8 out of 10. Now, I got two chargers on my desk. One is this one right here. This is a Belelcon 3in-1

right here. This is a Belelcon 3in-1 charger. It's a three in one because it

charger. It's a three in one because it can charge a phone here with a magnet.

It can charge another phone here without a magnet. Two Chi wireless chargers and

a magnet. Two Chi wireless chargers and one Apple Watch charger. So, I've got an Apple Watch Ultra here. Fun fact, you can hot swap Apple watches and they actually like pick up where the other

one left off. It's kind of sick. Anyway,

yeah, I can just slide this away when I don't want it, but obviously this is useful for charging devices. It's not

super fast. It's probably like a six out of 10. And then over here is my fast

of 10. And then over here is my fast charger. Again, I already know it's too

charger. Again, I already know it's too close to the studio monitor, and I'm just fine with that. But this was made a long time ago by OPPO, I'm pretty sure, cuz it's an Airvuk charger, and I've got

a OnePlus cable attached to it with a whole bunch of power underneath the desk. And this is nice because basically

desk. And this is nice because basically any phone, no matter what size, will work if I just place it on. It usually

lines up with the wireless charger in the phone or the coils on the back of the phone. That's usually my good fast

the phone. That's usually my good fast wireless charger.

Eight out of 10. So then in the middle here, I've got a kind of a weird combo setup going on and it's because of the way I've edited in Final Cut Pro for like the last decade. So you can blame

Final Cut Pro for this, but I have a mouse and a magic trackpad. Uh, this is the USBC one. Not that it matters, but um I use the wireless trackpad and the

mouse at the same time for sides scrolling on the timeline usually or scrolling and moving around and pinching and zooming and then the mouse for everything else. Even though the mouse

everything else. Even though the mouse has all that functionality built in, it's just the way my brain is wired.

Anyway, so that's there. That dies every couple weeks. That sucks. I hate that.

couple weeks. That sucks. I hate that.

But this is the mouse. But I'll start with the keyboard. It's called the Rainy 75 keyboard. Now, I've had a mechanical

75 keyboard. Now, I've had a mechanical keyboard on my desk for a while. This is

actually the newest edition. I had a Keyron before this for a couple of years. Basically everything that I know

years. Basically everything that I know about keyboards or do with the keyboard on my desk is because of what Andrew's told me to do. And he's usually right.

He's like, "Try this. You're going to love it." And then I have it and it's

love it." And then I have it and it's great. So my only real requirements for

great. So my only real requirements for a keyboard basically are that one, it works for a Mac. Two, it has all the common keys that a Mac uses and I don't need a numpad. And three, it's wireless

and that does all these things. And this

is also like a rock solid super heavy keyboard. It also has this Artisan MKBHD

keyboard. It also has this Artisan MKBHD key cap on the corner, which is pretty sweet. And a couple other custom Keyron

sweet. And a couple other custom Keyron Dolch key caps. So, it's a bit of a hodge podge setup going on here, but I know people want to hear it. So,

big fan. Battery life on this thing is pretty good for a couple weeks at a time. I always turn the backlight on

time. I always turn the backlight on these keyboards all the way down just to make them last longer. Um, and also price-wise, this is the Rainy 75 Light.

It's one of the better priced items of this entire setup. Really, really good for the money. So, that is uh something I don't regret switching to recently. 8

out of 10. And then this is the mouse.

This is the MXM 4. This is their newest.

You can see they've actually uh engraved my name on it. They brought these here to the studio a little while before they came out and they said, "Try it out. Let

us know what you think." Turns out they're great. They're silent. They have

they're great. They're silent. They have

really good software. On the four, they added haptics. So, I'm not a gamer. I'm

added haptics. So, I'm not a gamer. I'm

not using like a super high refresh rate, like super low latency mouse. This

is just again, it's a 60 Hz display, and I just need to get my work done and edit. And this does great for that. It's

edit. And this does great for that. It's

gotten the job done, and it's definitely going to age a lot better than the previous MX Masters. People who have those mice know that the finish on them wears off and rubbery. It just doesn't look great after a while. And I think

this is going to do way better. So, I

really like the mouse. 9 out of 10. And

then last but not least, this is something I maybe get the most questions about, which is the mouse pad. This is

the Artisan Ninja FX mouse pad. It's

It's something I got into specifically maybe five, six years ago, probably longer than that. Uh I like the color, the shape, the texture, the firmness of

it. And then when it started to wear

it. And then when it started to wear out, because I'd used it for so long, I looked online to try to find another one. And it was kind of impossible to

one. And it was kind of impossible to find. And I think I had to import one

find. And I think I had to import one from Amazon Japan for like $75, but they still sell them, so you can still get them. I'll try to link everything I'm

them. I'll try to link everything I'm talking about below. But, uh, I have a mouse pad over here on the right for my mouse. And I have a second one over here

mouse. And I have a second one over here that I've had for years, which is just my soft surface for things that I keep on my desk cuz this is metal. So, these

are the phones that I haven't wiped yet that I'm still testing. My table tennis paddle from Adam Barro. Shout out to him. and uh whatever car keys of a car

him. and uh whatever car keys of a car I'm testing. My Ridge wallet, of course,

I'm testing. My Ridge wallet, of course, hand sanitizer, some keys, the stuff that you sort of just have on the desk lives on this one. Nine out of 10. I

wish it was a little bit more durable cuz I have I have to get one every like two years cuz they sort of wear in. But

it's pretty great. But that's my desk.

That's all the stuff that I've been using on the daily for an extremely long time. As someone who has a lot of choice

time. As someone who has a lot of choice in this, you kind of get an idea, a little peak behind why I chose this stuff, what stuff's working well, what stuff's going to be gone soon. If you

want to see a similar version of this setup for the price of less than one of these displays, click here for the studio. Trust me, that stuff's also

studio. Trust me, that stuff's also really good. All right, catch you in the

really good. All right, catch you in the next one. Peace.

next one. Peace.