best ceiling height?

[FALKEN]

hi all...

well, my lease is up in about 6 months and we are looking at moving...perhaps even buying a house (if the situation is right). we found a nice one that is way within our budget that has "20 foot cathedral ceilings". I am wondering if this is too much??? I was thinking 14 would be optimal..but I really don't know for sure. I have the time to search out what I really want..and what I really want is an awesome sounding live room!! i'm talking wood floors and high ceilings, basically. maybe even vaulted. I am hoping to find an old victorian somewhere in the south. aside from having the optimal room, I also am thinking about selling off most of my gear and getting a nice 2" and a nice console to go with it!!! (oram??) anywayz, any thoughts on the matter are greatly appreciated...

 

[Farview]

Bigger is generally better with a vaulted ceiling. With a flat ceiling, the optimum height will depend on the size of the room. There are 'magic' ratios that will minimise room modes. I don't know them off the top of my head, but it should be pretty easy to find.

 

[bpape]

High ceilings offer a lot of flexibility. I'd not be afraid of that space at all as long as you like a 'big' sound.

The flip side is that with more space, comes deeper bass modes, more of them under 300Hz, and the need for more treatments.

Bryan

 

[Dani Pace]

I can't speak for anyone else but I like big rooms with high celings. The only problem I have encountered with them is they can be a little "boomy" but this is easy to fix with a few carefully placed bass traps. I'm already envious at just the thought of cathedral celings, go ahead and rub salt in my wounds by filling the room with great gear.

 

[big country]

resonances occur in a room at frequencies whose wave lengths are the same as or a multiple of one of the rooms diminsions.these resonances,called eigentones,or,more common,room modes,are increaces in loudness at resonant frequencies that are a function of a rooms dimensions.when these deminsions are the same or multiples of a common value, the ressonance amplitude is increased.such deminsions include 10/20/30 or 15/30/45.this creates unequal representation of the frequencies generated by a sound source. in other words certain frequencies will be reinforced while others will not be. to avoid additive
resonances,room deminsions should should not be the same,nor be integer multipels of one another.diminsions of say 9/10.1/12.5 feet or 15/27/31.5 feet
would be satisfactory. but most all studios will have some resonant frequecies

all I gota say is some of this shtuff gets compaalamacaded
different frequencies react different to room sizes