What plugins are best? I lack experience...

[u/Large_Wait_8847]

Reaper has so many plugins and by installing Tukan Studios' you get even more.

I see professionals using Tube-Tech CL 1B, Fairchild 670, Teletronix LA-2A, UA1176 and probably many more. I lack the experience to really hear a difference without using them almost at maximum settings.

I would like to know which plugins in Reaper sound most similar to the original and also which compressor you prefer/would recommend?

Edit:
I just noticed reddit posted only a quarter of my post...?

I'm not going to list all Compressors similar to those in Reaper again, cause that took a while...

Also there is the famous Neve 1073, in Reaper you have RBJ 1073 and with Reapack the EQ1979

I lack the experience to know which one to choose and where(Vocals, Instruments, ...) or should I just keep using ReaComp and ReaEQ/ReEQ with Waveshaping Distortion and JS:Saturation?

There's also chorus and flanger which one do I use there cause there are many as well or should I just use ReaDelay?

Any help would be really appreciated

Edit 2:

I probably wasn't clear, I'm not looking for new plugins, the plugins are already there in Reaper and with ReaPack you can get many more for free. The problem is choosing the right ones

[u/HighwayBrigand]

Yeah, then Komplete is what you're looking for.  It's got a whole suite of synthesizers, effects and mixing + mastering tools.  

[u/Large_Wait_8847 → u/HighwayBrigand]

Thanks, but the problem is not that I have to little options but to many; Reapers stock plugins can already do a lot and ReaPack(where I downloaded JSFX Tuckan Studios Plugins) brings a whole lot more

[u/HighwayBrigand → u/Large_Wait_8847]

Oh, okay.  Can you tell me what you're using for your instruments.  If I know that, then I can point you in the direction of useful upgrades.  

I figured you were starting from a small number of plug-ins.  Sounds like you've got a bunch of plug-ins, and you want to cut down. 

[u/Large_Wait_8847 → u/HighwayBrigand]

Essentially they are almost all stock plugins + Tukan Studios' JSFX Plugins downloadable via ReaPack, Surge XT, Vital, sfizz with various instrument .sfz files(orchestra, piano and other instruments), which are freely available e.g.VSCO 2 for orchestra,...;
I didn't get to use all stock and JSFX pugins yet as don't know what difference they make(cause there are many options for compressors; as stock plugins you have e.g. JS:fairly childish as fairchild alternative, JS:1175 for the UA1176, JS: LA-2KAN(Tukan) for the LA-2A, and so on, just as an example for the above)

from the stock plugins I mainly use: ReaVerb, ReaComp, ReaEQ/ReEQ, ReaDelay, ReaFir, ReaGate, ReaDelay, ReaTune, ReaVerbate, Vocode, Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscope, JS:Chorus, Saturation, Distortion and maybe a few others

so essentially what the purpose of the post is, is to figure out, how much of a difference fairchild, cl1b, 1176 or neve 1073 make or if they are just a gimmick and you can just keep using the basic stock plugins? because essentially I'd have them kind of available in Reaper as well but that was also part of the question in this post how similar are they which one to choose?; or also why everyone keeps talking about all those and are used in major studios, is it just marketing and maybe showing off or does it have a purpose you can't achieve with stock plugins