I Fit My Entire Studio Onto This Tiny Desk. [VLOG]

I sold my desk, my monitors, my sub — all of it. This video is the moment I tear down my Hanoi studio and rebuild on a single side-table with nothing but a mobile rig and headphones. Pulling the curtain back on what gets packed, what stays, and whether this tiny setup can actually replace a full studio. In this video: - Why I'm tearing the whole setup down (Hanoi → USA transition) - The two fundamentals nobody on YouTube tells you about first - Every piece on the mobile rig — Grace m900, HD 650, KYY portable monitor, Mac Studio, Stream Deck, SubPac - The China 2018 backstory — when I first got forced into headphones - The first boot — does this whole thing actually work? - The accidental reveal: why I'm more accurate in headphones than monitors right now Timestamps: 0:00 — Tearing It All Down 1:00 — The Two Fundamentals Nobody Talks About 2:28 — Tiny Desk, Big Move 3:36 — When China Broke My Setup 5:24 — The Mobile Rig Walkthrough 6:21 — Booting It Up + The SubPac Story 7:19 — Why I'm More Accurate In Headphones #MobileStudio #HeadphoneMixing #AudioEngineeringJOIN ————————————————— GEAR IN THIS VIDEO ————————————————— Grace Design m900 — the heart of the mobile rig. Headphone amp / DAC that lets me drive the HD 650 to professional reference levels on any desk. Sennheiser HD 650 — open-back reference headphones I've trusted across three forced-headphone periods. KYY Portable Monitor — small secondary screen so I can run Pro Tools alongside my project window. Apple Mac Studio — the entire DAW lives on this silver cube. Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad — full-size keys, no compromises. Logitech MX Vertical — ergonomic mouse that saves my wrist on long sessions. Elgato Stream Deck — custom shortcuts for Pro Tools. SubPac — wearable subwoofer pad that fills the low end you can't trust in any unfamiliar room. Company appears to be defunct as of this filming — find used. Focal Shape 65s + KRK 10S — the monitors I sold in Hanoi (still own the same Shape 65s back in the USA). ————————————————— Sign Up for the Re•Listen Headphones Co-Hort → https://bit.ly/relisten-waitlist (Signing up auto-tags you for the headphones course — you'll be first to know when enrollment opens and when the live cohort starts.) ————————————————— THE EMAIL LIST (free): https://bit.ly/bao-list Get my Vocal Chain Preset: https://reacademy.uteach.io/products/re-voice-vocal-chain FREE HOME RECORDING STUDIO SETUP GUIDE: https://bit.ly/free-studio-guide Re•Academy Courses RE•SET: Mix Session Preparation Course: https://bit.ly/re-set-course Re•Listen: Headphones Course (coming soon): https://bit.ly/relisten-waitlist SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/sub-bao --- CONNECT: Discord Community: https://bit.ly/bao-discord Instagram: https://bit.ly/bao-ig TikTok: https://bit.ly/bao-tiktok Twitter/X: https://bit.ly/bao-x Threads: https://bit.ly/bao-threads --- MORE FROM BAO: Mixology Studios Online (Mixing & Mastering): https://mixologystudios.online Re-Academy (Courses & Presets): https://re-academy.com Inquiries (Brand Deals | Collabs | Creative Partnerships): https://turnmeupbao.com --- GEAR I USE: Focal Shape 65s https://amzn.to/3Q064ex Antelope Audio Pure2 https://amzn.to/4teSnqk Antelope Audio 10MX https://amzn.to/4tsvZdw Sony a7iii https://amzn.to/3PHcq2s G Master 35mm Lens https://amzn.to/4cpgfkD TC Electronic Clarity M https://amzn.to/4tih6dp Furman Power Conditioner, Black (M-8S) https://amzn.to/4sHHz4l Volt276 https://amzn.to/4sQ0NF5 Audio-Technica AT2020 https://amzn.to/4sH9III Joby Gorilla Mount https://amzn.to/4tkTGUG Caldigit TS4 https://amzn.to/4vbQU6i Senheisser HD650 https://amzn.to/4v4AYSX Elgato Streamdeck https://amzn.to/4clA6SE DJI Pocket 3 https://amzn.to/3O0Mdvc WhisperFlow: https://bit.ly/bao-whisperflow Claude CoWork by Anthropic: https://bit.ly/bao-claude SoundID Reference: https://bit.ly/bao-soundid Waves Plugins: https://bit.ly/bao-waves Railway: https://bit.ly/bao-railway *Some links above are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools I actually use.* --- ABOUT BAO PHAM: Grammy-nominated, RIAA Platinum-certified mixing and mastering engineer. Owner of Mixology Recording Studios (est. October 2009, Montgomery, AL). Credits include T.I., Jay-Z, Doe B, Gucci Mane, Future, Moneybagg Yo, and hundreds more.