Room Acoustics With Vaulted Ceiling

I'm in the corner so that my two-story tall vaulted ceilings are higher on one side (~23') of the system than the other (~13') and this forces me to use balance control to even out the imaging. Just something to keep in mind as you do setup. Hopefully not a problem if you're symmetrical.

And while I do believe the room helps with imaging due to the elimination of many traditional reflection points, I have many bass modes that cause very troublesome drop outs across the space (open to the rest of the house on both the first and second stories).

I hesitate to mention it given @erik_squires unprovoked attack, but the only solution I could find is a distributed bass array and even setting that up in conjunction with my full range speakers has been a substantial challenge. REW (free) and a calibrated usb mic (~$120) have been very useful for understanding and addressing these issues.

@erik_squires Please refrain from your efforts to turn every thread on this site negative.

Lots of good advice here from others, hope the new room is a great improvement. Good luck!

@cal3713

That sounds whiny and terribly sensitive. I thought we were supposed to toughen up and take it??

I made a 1 sentence quip, which is actually very funny, if you had seen the history of Miller following me along from thread to thread and answering all things audio with the swarm, and you think it's brilliant to quote tag me in a paragraph, fueling the fire. Maybe quote tagging me that way won’t take this thread anywhere you want it to go? You would not be the first person to derail a thread by putting all their energy into that idea.

Alternatively, you should have just let it go, and the thread would have proceeded along on it’s original intent.


Best,
Erik

Hopefully commentators will continue to help educate the original poster and those who face similar issues in the future.  Plenty of good education in here. Sorry for distracting.

Hey thanks again everyone. I was over at the new house yesterday and saw that the ceiling does not rise to a peak. Rather, it rises to about 12 feet and then there is a flat section connecting the two sections of the peak. As for materials, the room is sheetrock walls with two pairs of double hung windows at either long end (short wall) of the room. The floor is floating synthetic wood grained "tile"--really just plastic with a thin layer of padding. Once we move in there will be area rugs (with pads) covering much of the floor as well as soft couches/chairs arranged in the room. There is a fireplace that steps out two feet into the room on the long wall and a ten foot wide opening to enter the room on the opposite long wall on the far end of the room opposite where the speakers will be positioned. Hope this clarifies and furthers the suggestions/thoughts.