Del
 
Also mentioned here is another very good point: and that is NOT being setup in a corner of a room as a listening or mixing position! I ran that way for years until I read somewhere (sorry I can't remember where) where that is a BIG, BIG ....NO, NO as to where you want to be listening to your music.
 

All other things being equal (which they're not), facing a corner - with monitors in their proper positions relative to your listening position - solves the problem with (higher frequency) side reflections as they'll bounce around quite a bit before getting back to you.  You can also fill the entire corner between the monitors and thereby deaden the front end and acheive an enourmous base trap.  You still have to worry about the ceiling and the fact that response will not be symetrical between sides (it often isn't anyway, depending on the room).
 
My daughter's bedroom monitors are setup this way in a corner (mostly for practical reasons) but without any treatment for the moment.
 
 

don't forget the ceiling and the floor

Guitarhacker
don't forget the ceiling and the floor

The floor is a problem, but the desk is usually in the way and that's an even worse problem, since it's a lot closer.
 
 

Beepster
lol... I wish. Nice set up. Sweet squeezebox too. One of my long time bands is accordion heavy. Confusing instrument for a guitar player so I just leave that up to my friend. I doubt it would be very good for my back.

In a prior life (much much younger) I could play the accordion in my band all day. Nowadays I mainly use the synths, guitar, and trumpet. I use the Roland FR-8x mainly for the 140+ accordion sounds and an acoustic for Bellow Shaking. I use an engine host to help me strap on the boxes....
 
Walt
 

beep tell me this. How does a beautifully mixed and mastered CD sound in your room?

One thing to consider.  My speakers are set at one end of the room.  My computer rig is set at the other end, along the long wall, all of 14 ft. away from the speakers.  When working, I'm not facing the speakers, but I can roll out a few feet in my chair and swivel it to "look" at the speakers from a nice listening position.  Not optimal, but the sighline is clean that way to check what mixing moves I've made.
 
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While you are working directly in front of your computer your spekaers really should be directly in front of you. (Would a top mix engineer do it any other way err, no)
 
Both my speakers are just over 3 feet away from me at all times. Straight in front. Anything else is a severe compromise. It saves so much time too.

To help answer a previous question in this post: The VRM box just looks like a typical sound interface to sonar. You just select it under the preferences. You then open up the vrm program itself and select the speaker configuration that you would like to hear your tune through. It's easy to use and works really well.