Fourteen inches off the wall made that much difference? I spent two years blaming my bass player for muddiness before I found a 120Hz null in my garage. I had my speakers aimed straight ahead like they were parked in a garage, not pointed at my ears. My cheap setup was a $60 handheld SPL meter and a test tone CD, but it did the trick. Still feels wrong that a foot of air space fixes what I thought was a mixing skill problem.

Bet on it. Cleared out the fluff, got way better fits. Turns out people actually want to know what the hell you make.

Mostly everything breaks worse once you start poking at it.