Weekend project, my back hurts already. Though to be honest it always hurts.
Took a bit longer than expected and had to break out the router to fix the edges but desk top came out OK.
If only cables weren’t a thing.
Headphone setup ended up 👍.

The plan has been to get a heavy duty VESA mount and put up my oldish 49” monitor. Plan worked but…

... I forgot two things: 1. How ridiculously large this monitor is. 2. How terrible VA looks on Mac.

I really don't want to spend the $$$ on another 38" monitor but seems like the least worst choice (don't want to spend $2k on the Dell 6k either).

Resisting... If Dell's refurb warranty wasn't so terrible I'd have a lot more trouble.
Another option. 1/2 the price of the Dell and more usable screen space. But, in my experience, 140PPI is a bit of an uncanny valley resolution wise and deco gear isn't the first name I think of when thinking of quality monitors.
https://www.amazon.com/Deco-Gear-Ultrawide-Monitor-5120x2160/dp/B0CLHDCHLC
Amazon.com

@paul Wonder if there's any chance Asus' new 6K monitor will have a price tag that is relatively affordable
@christianselig it's got Pro in the name, so no chance.