"Laid back IMO is a warm relaxed sound not to forward. There is more to it than simply the dac as tomic601 points out but over the years I have had a couple of pieces with wolfson and they seemed to have that similar sound."
"Cirrus Logic bought out Wolfson so I have no idea what their newer stuff in the last 3 or 4 years is like. Best to try and get a listen to as many as you can."
@djones51 -- OK, thanks. Just wanted to be sure. As @jriggy said, I guess the term "laid back" could be a bit ambiguous, but I guessed that you meant 'on the warmer sound.' Thanks!!