ARC SS amp vs tube - bass question


does anyone have any experience listening to ROCK & ROLL on an audio research solid state amp, like the 100.2
versus the same system with an audio research tube amp like
the vt 100?
I have heard the 100.2 connected to the ProAc 2.5 and really enjoyed the low end response. I have heard tube amps are even warmer and smoother but have also heard that they lack bass in some ways. I have not been able to audition any VT 100, etc but really like the sound of ARC SS.--- my guess is that their tube stuff would be even better. Any thoughts from some Tube veterans?
Thanks
planum7e87
We all have our opinions, I respect yours, but I have listened to both of these amps in the same system and prefer the 100.2. Sorry I don't agree with the majority, but I call em as I hear em. I know of people at ARC that own the 100.2. All that says is that some prefer the 100.2, some prefer the VT100. Good listening!
Slowhand, I don't doubt the 100.2 is a nice sounding amplifier, & I am glad you are happy with it. The people I talked to at ARC simply don't believe it provides the sonics that a tube amp can. Yes, ARC also told me that some of their staff own 100.2s, but for the reason that these same employees didn't want to deal with tubes & their maintenance. Additionally, the 100.2 might have been a better match in the system you listened to it in.
thanks for the responses

perhaps the preamp(LS16?) (or even the ARC CD-3) were more
responsible for generating the impressive bass that I heard
in the 100.2 system I heard-I assumed it was the amp
but that may be an error on my part. I didn't have the
opportunity to swap in/out components to see what made the most impact. At any rate I came away thinking that the
audio research stuff generates music that rocks the way I like to hear it. I was just afraid that the speakers I;ve been looking at will need more than 100 watts of solid state amp to drive them (based on other info I have received). It may be that the tube amp (VT 100) will not be any more capable of driving the load (response 3.8) than the 100.2 and I will need the VT200.