I owned one back in '94, used with Alon IV's. In my particular set-up, the amp was never laid-back sounding. HUGE soundstage, good deep, "tuneful", powerful bass. Kind of a slighlty "dated" design perhaps by todays standards (?) IE: No detachable AC cord, no XLR balanced inputs. Also, I recall the monster (50lb!)transformer had a somewaht audible "buzz", but could be ameliorated with a VPI Brick mounted on the transformer. It's a big sucker though, and can drive any speaker out there to satisfying levels. Should compare to other "super amps" of that era.
