A good 14" bandsaw *which is well setup* will handle most shop tasks and then some. Like any tool, you can mess up on a crappy machine and you can mess up on a great machine.
It's way nicer doing resaw of dense rosewood on a larger saw that can handle the tension of a wide blade, but it's not out of the question doing it on a 14" saw if you use a really sharp blade. I did about 30-40 sets worth of rosewood mostly in 3 and 4 piece backs (so about 6" resaw height max) on a Shop Fox with a 3/4 resaw king blade and riser block; it just took a while.
About a year ago I got a 19" Grizzly and couldn't be happier. I use a 1 1/4" resaw king blade and have done almost 100 two piece sets on it. I kept the shop fox and put a small blade on it for scroll cuts and the like. It saves a lot of time having the two saws.
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