I think one
other issue is wave cancelation but I'm
 not so sure about this. Assume a 12 foot long room
 with source against one wall. Cancelation will occur
 where the waves meet which is at six feet. So, you
 don't want to locate the mixing chair in the
 cancelation zone.
 
 <SNIP>
 Very true, actually, assuming you have a frequency that is a multiple
 of the room length.
 
 Wall to wall reflections tend to disperse.
Most room resonences are corner to corner (in a box-like room).
Sound behaves a lot like light in a three-way right angle corner -
It comes back out the same direction it went in, just like those
three way mirrors they use to reflect laser beams back from the moon.
Most studios these days try to avoid any right-angle corners.
e. j. branagan
The MUSE - Nashville, TN