Speakers that turn your analytical mind off?

Maggies
Alan

Ironically, the analytical side is what I enjoy about the hobby. After that, it is the music itself that has to be great in order to suck me in. Critical listening is just that, it is more about you mindset than your equipment. For me, a good recording of Vladimir Horowitz will almost always suck me in.

Nice spelling...that's as and not ass.

"When I'm in the shower and listening to sonos through our bathroom in ceiling speakers, I don't dissect the music and find it much easier to connect with the music.
For those left brained folks, have you found speakers that turn your analytical mind off and allow you to connect with the music ass a whole?"

For the most part, that doesn't have much to do with your equipment as it does your expectations. When you are sitting in front of your high end audio system, you expect it to sound a certain way. That's why you bought it to begin with. When you are in a less than optimal setting like a car, shower or gym with headphones, you're content to just hear the music and not worry about the small details like you would if you were in front of your system. Its really not something that you can undo. If you go out and buy a pair of less detailed speakers, music will still sound good in the shower, but you'll then miss the quality when sitting in your listening chair.

One exception may be poor recordings. Quite often, poor recordings will sound much worse on a good system, than they will on less revealing systems. In that case, it may make sense to go with a more forgiving 2nd system.

Zd452,
Truly excellent point and one that I have a hard time admitting to myself. The problem is my expectations for the dollars spent. The price/performance ratio in audio is an asymptotic line but I believe my expectations are more of a straight line. Thank you for holding the mirror in front of my face.