Dark and laid back vs bright and forward

What do reviewers mean when they describe an amp as dark? Laid back? Forward? Bright?

lemmycaution06-24-2003 5:23am

lemmycaution OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 31 posts 06-25-2003 at 01:19am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Everything has been said, provided words do not change their meanings, and meanings their words. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058898
lemmycaution OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 31 posts 06-25-2003 at 01:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Subjective meanings - bright or warm better describe sound to me. Forward and laid back just don't describe timbral or tonal variation to me. Initially when I started reading Stereophile in the early 90's, I thought forward and laid-back described soundstages that projected from in front of or behind the speakers. I've come to accept something more like Mshan's definition of forward and laid-back
lemmycaution OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 31 posts 02-26-2010 at 03:50am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Great Answer - thanks