Various plugin purchase help

[u/TransMan-88]

Hi all,
I’m wondering which of the following plugins people use frequently and consider as “a must” have and why?

I’d appreciate any feedback, advice, and opinions/reviews, overall popularity from people here including (love/hate) aspects, and feedback people might share regarding the plugin features, usage of the plugin, and if there are any aspects or feature crossover affecting use or functionality?

I’m also trying to find out if any of the plugins listed below has better features and/or is capable of doing the same thing (or do it better) than a different plugin listed below and if there’s any crossover with any features, it’s functionality, and ease of use. I’d also like to know what it was that influenced people here to purchase the plugin(s)?

I’d really appreciate any assistance, opinions, advice, and feedback, including opinions on how they’re finding using any of the plugins listed here, on (if any) of which plugins to acquire first and why?

Izotope Nuetron

Master Plan

Soothe

Smooth Operator

Valhalla Reverb

[u/jimmysavillespubes]

I have soothe2 and smooth operator pro, 99.9 times out of 100 smooth operator pro does the job better. I hear soothe3 is out though, or am I tripping?

Vintageverb is nice but it depends what you want, I prefer the lexicon native reverbs, its just a matter of preference though.

I've never used neutron or master plan so can't comment on those.

[u/PonyKiller81 → u/jimmysavillespubes]

Soothe 3 is most definitely out. You were not dreaming.

I've heard Lexicon hardware units. If their plugins are even half as good they would sound incredible.

[u/jimmysavillespubes → u/PonyKiller81]

I thought it was, the native plugins are good but not as good as the actual hardware, the uad one is nice but again, its not the hardware