depending on whether you are using proper nearfileds or not, it sounds like you new monitoring possition is much better. You shold be getting a very flat sound, and having heard your finished stuff, this new speaker arrangement may allow you to get a clearer final sound.
It will take your ears time to get used to it, so just listen to loads of your favourite tunes through them for a bit.

Ideally the monitors should be at ear level, at least 3 feet apart, and you should be sitting in the middle, about 3 feet away, in the golden triangle.