Mono Monitoring (the temporary fix?)

[massplanck]

i was just thinking after reading RDRs post about dodgy room & bass going missing etc. I just moved house and for whatever shagging reason my new music room is a nightmare to make music in. Its nearly square (bad for reflections) and to make matter worse I think my speakers are slightly out of phase. To hear any decent bass I have to get up off my chair walk over to the door.

My quick fix (whilst i get new monitors & sort out the room) is just to forget about stereo monitoring. I am just using one speaker and I am actually shocked how much better things are. Less refections from the room, no interference\cancelling out each other from either speaker which means I am hearing a v good representation of my bass despite the fact the room is a bad shape. The bass is consistent now wherever I stand in the room
My tunes were sounding so much better last night after some rerferencing (commerical cds like DB says) and a bit of fixing/tweaking.

They even sounded much bassier & clearer than normal when i switched back over to stereo (just for a listen).

Since most techno is made for the club.. and club systems are in mono. I think this could be a good fix for the person with serious monitoring problems. You can always do a bit of stereo wizardry at a friends house later if needs be?

Thoughts?