Speakers that turn your analytical mind off?

I am fortunate enough to own a wonderful pair of speakers and yet I catch myself noting how good a flute sounds or some other dissected component of the music rather than the music as a whole. 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.

Ach, the classic problem of listening to speakers that have high distortion & for sure ones that are NON time-coherent.
Your speakers (even tho they cost $18,000 for 2-ways) have very high phase distortion & that is preventing you from enjoying your music despite the premium $ you spent.

I would highly recommend the Green Mountain Audio 2-way speakers such as the Rio & the Eos HD. They cost way less than your present speakers but will sound way better. All Green Mountain Audio speakers are time-coherent & give you a realistic music listening experience. They are fatigue-free, let your mind relax & enjoy the music for hours on end on ANY genre of music. They sound like a live band is playing in your room.
Do visit the Green Mountain Audio website at
http://www.greenmountainaudio.com
Also, pick up the phone & talk to Roy Johnson who is the owner/designer of this outfit based in Colorado Springs. He's a real nice fellow to talk to & very knowledgeable on this subject.

If you are interested in learning more about time-coherence, why it is important to music playback & how it can give you a realistic, life-like music playback experience please read the "Sloped Baffle" thread in the speaker section & pay attention to the posts by Roy Johnson - some excellent articles & references. Here's the link:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1403209611&&&/Sloped-baffle

Bombaywalla,
Thanks for the response. Your facts are incorrect about the Mosaics but I do appreciate the advice.

My Ohm 1000's let me completely forget about the speakers and just enjoy the music. I"m still having a giggle fit over Lindisfarne's response!!! Priceless indeed!!!

I don't really sweat the participation of my analytic mind. I typically go to at least one live jazz show a month and often find myself thinking, e.g., wow, the timbre on Shorter's sax sounds great, or, jeez, the decay on Moran's notes just hangs there off that Steinway. Same thing happens at home when my system is sounding especially good. Just part of the pleasure, and it doesn't mean I'm not submitting to the musicality of the performance or sound. Minds can do many things at once.

My OHM 100 series 3 and F5 series 3 are pure joy to just listen to and enjoy the music for extended periods. You can easily focus on whatever analytical detail of the music you choose to as well, but they do not draw attention to themselves as transducers, which is key. ALso OHM Ls are a pleasure to listen to as well, though more conventional in design.

Less so with my Dynaudio COntour 1.3 mkII and Triangle Titus XL monitors, though these also can do quite well at not drawing attention to themselves, at least when set up accordingly, but in general these will tend to draw more attention to themselves as transducers under certain circumstances.