Sound stage

<< I have heard a lot (from sale people) about sound staging, so I would like some in put from all members of this NG. >>What is an IDEAL sound stage? DEPTH( from the front of the speakers), WIDE(extented from speakers), HEIGHT(from the floor)<<. Any inputs will be Appreciated.. Another trick used to create "Soundstage effects" is Binaural Recordings. This is a lot better through headphones but with two highly resolving speakers, sounds will come at you from everywhere. These are expensive (relatively speaking) recordings. CD's cost between $15.00 and $40.00 EACH. But if you hear a really excellent recording, you would gladly part with a $100. if they had cost that much. >> 

I've forgotten how to figure out the impedence for the old Dynaquad adaptor. I'm using Ohm Walsh 2 speakers (4ohms) in front and old Spendor 8ohms in the back. Talk about soundstaging, but I've wondered what kind of load this is putting on my B&K ST1400 amp. It seems to be working without any problems.

Answer to GregP: The Dynaquad has a pair of 10-watt 2-ohm resistors (I can't remember, maybe you should open up the box and look) that go into parallel for the "null" position of the front switch, and then bridged with the rear speakers in the quad position. In any case, you're looking at less than 3 ohms. If the amp doesn't get too uncomfortably warm to touch, it's OK, you have over 220 watts at that impedence. But why bother? The Walsh driver creates it's own ambient surrounding, why degredate the sound by using the never-were-too-good Splendors? I would put all the power to the front and turn it up 3 dB!

Thanks, Fotopres, and you would be right about the Ohm Walsh speakers and ambience, but they sit in a large and pretty dead room. I don't think that two speakers are enough in such a sound swallowing place. Digital processing didn't somehow feel right, but old Dynaquad usually does the job, and it's my favorite word, cheap. The Spendors work fine for ambience, though their sound is not as effortlessly "soundstagy" as the Ohm Walsh or the Spicas that I have.

About sound stage: The bigger, the better. Can you see the musicians? Do you feel like you are in a different room? Does the sound appear to be coming from the speakers, or from invisible musicians?