Whats your favourite track to play to the non hi-fi visitor?

This is an odd one but in the late '60s Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales made an album of music that is hard to describe or classify, at least for me, as it is a mix of several genres.  The album was called "Hooteroll" and there is one cut on the album, One AM Approach, that is extraordinary on several levels.  The lateral imaging on a good playback system will go 10 feet beyond your speakers.  It is one of my first choices for non-audiophiles to hear and appreciate what imaging is all about.

You can get a very good sense of the spaciousness on the YouTube recording if your computer has a reasonably good sound system, and also decide if you like the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxyhB-o1eZg

I should add that I do not care for the rest of the music on this album but it is worth the money for that one cut alone.  Also, I have not heard the CD version, but the vinyl is stunning.

When visitors arrive, I forget that I have anything to play music on. I do serve non-Costco wine, though.

Nordic Norm I had to check to see if yours was an earlier post of mine. Lol.  What a fabulous record Pressure Cooker is.

I will add. Classical Gas by Mason Williams and Jack Johnson album "Sing a longs and Lullabies for the film Curious George. Very well recorded album

"Right Time of the Night" by Jennifer Warnes.  I second The Carpenters, Steely Dan's "Aja" or "Babylon Sisters".  It really depends what your guest is familiar with - you need to engage them with music they like - non-audiophiles are not necessarily impressed with pure performance of unknown songs.  A good system will render a familiar song in a way that they haven't heard before.  And for God's sake, don't play it at concert volume unless they're hard rockers!

So many good ones mentioned already. Tin Pan Alley, Birds, Babylon Sisters. All sound great on almost any system. I have many to add to the list. Check any of these out.

James Blake, James Blake – moody British dubstep with a meticulously architected soundstage. He sounds very much in the room, with some scintillating electronica sounds that I can only describe as remnant digital circuit artifacts. Limit to Your Love will tell you how low your woofers can go. If your sub doesn't go to 20hz you're missing out. 

Beck, Sea Change – Incredibly realistic and transparent, immaculately recorded. 

Frank Ocean, Channel Orange – Crisp, electronic R&B, in particular Super Rich Kids, another test of your woofers. 

Ray Lamontagne, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise – Close mic'd Americana, lap steel guitar, prairie nostalgia. Best served with whiskey. 

Muddy Waters, Folk Singer – Up close and personal with Waters and Buddy Guy, who the record didn't want for the date because they thought he could only play electric, and they were looking for a Dylan sound. Waters showed up with Buddy Guy anyway and recorded a masterpiece that sounds like you could throw your arm around them. 

Radiohead, Kid A – Futuristic android electronica, urgent and ethereal.

Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – A workout for your mid-bass. Big center image, crisp SFX, dark backgrounds, audio indulgence.