for sample:
http://www.myspace.com/srdm
download the demo by steel thunder. the other demo's are complete shit. the method for madness one (my band) was recorded 5 months ago, and i have increased my knowledge and gear exponentionally. the one my to die for was recorded last summer, so it's ouotdated, but doesn't sound half bad.
as to the spacing on the monitors, i definately have no where to put them but there haha. i'm recording out my my living room (still live with my parents, and i'm only 17) and space is an issue, along with being astetically pleasing. the place where the mixer is was actually where the computer monitor used to sit, but i found the mixer was a lot nicer to be on center with the speakers and such, so i MacGyvered a dest by propping up a few of these particle board shelves i had made for my room a while back and no longer use, then laying some nice finished and stained wod over the top, and leveling it with the brown desk. it is quite functional indeed. i have all my cables plugged into the mixer and running behind the makeshift desk like a snake, ready to plug into microphones. the sub (logitech something or another, 5.1 surround sound system) was my only monitoring system, until i got the behringers. since the pictures i've taken the logitech out and put it in my room.
other than that, it is the best that i have, all things considered, and it works for what i'm doing.
EDIT: download the song instead of streaming it. the bitrate is complete crap when you stream it, so you won't be able to critically listen at all.