Somewhat, Harv, at low levels and the monitors are 30 inches from me. I have the wall opposing the speakers, otherwise stated the wall that is behind me, covered in a blanket because it is also an alcove, but other than that I have nothing. My bigger problem is that my Wharfedale monitors tend to be "bass light" so I add bass to sound right through them. Anywhere else I listen then the bass is too hot, so I have to approximate. I listen through the studio monitors, my office computer speakers, my living room sound bar, and my car stereo, and compare. Who was it, Phil Spector who had a car radio speaker in his mixdown room so he could hear what it would sound like in those 1960s cars?