Most guitars are made with laminates because they are cheaper to produce. My first guitar was a Gibson L model made with laminates. It was quite playable and I really enjoyed it. A few years later I picked up a 50s Martin D-28 with Brazilian Rosewood back and sides.
It was as though I had been living in a guitar desert. The tone was vastly superior to that Gibson .
I’ve owned and played a lot guitar since then and I have never played a guitar made with laminated wood that could hold a candle to a quality solid wood instrument.

The better ones sound good all around.

Taylor does seem to well research their woods, and explains their wood choices a lot in their Wood and Steel high gloss magazine, which I think comes every three months or so if you are an owner signed up with them (they just started sending them to me when I registered the guitar on their website). I bought a new turn of the century, maybe 2001 or so, Taylor 514CE. It’s pretty warm sounding with the solid red cedar top and solid sapelle sides and backs (some kind of African mahogany they utilize), but still has plenty of clarity. It’s pretty much popular with finger-pick stylists and singer-songwriters. I read years ago that Suzanne Vega had three of those. Two for concerts (one as a backup), and one at home in her music studio. I did not know that when I bought mine, but it was kind of cool trivia.

Most of the sound of an acoustic guitar comes from the top, not the back and sides. That’s why most acoustics are made with cheaper woods or are laminated. I have a Taylor Big Baby which is at their low end. It has a laminated back and sides, yet it sounds great, too. The important part is having a solid top. Of course, if it’s made by Taylor, it doesn’t matter what wood they use. It’s going to sound great.