Gunbei is right.
Curves=good. Skinny straight stick chick= need sandwich.
For audio equipment, I've frequently heard tubes described as yielding a "warm" or "full" sound. When I listen to my Cary SLI-80 Signature driving my Revels however, I don't notice "warm" so much as "rounded yet detailed".
I think the term "warm" can be interpreted as good or bad- as you stated. So for audio, it's probably a fairly ambiguous and poor term.
Curves=good. Skinny straight stick chick= need sandwich.
For audio equipment, I've frequently heard tubes described as yielding a "warm" or "full" sound. When I listen to my Cary SLI-80 Signature driving my Revels however, I don't notice "warm" so much as "rounded yet detailed".
I think the term "warm" can be interpreted as good or bad- as you stated. So for audio, it's probably a fairly ambiguous and poor term.