Speakers that turn your analytical mind off?

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.

But "ass a whole" is really priceless...please leave it alone. Don't edit, even if you can.

08-24-14: Arh
Maggies
Alan

Yes, and Sonus Faber. SF makes it easy to get lost in the music rather than the detail, and yet marvel at the resolution at the same time. A pretty astute balancing act.

What I like in correctly set up Maggies is that (esp. with a good sub or two), there's very little to distract you from the music--no overshoot and ringing, no cabinet resonances, less room interaction and resonant modes, less sidewall and floor bounce. You get the speed and detail while retaining the body of the music. The presentation scales up and down according to the ensemble size as well. I didn't realize how much cabinet noise I was listening through until I brought my Maggie 1.7s home last Fall.