Artist, Professional and reverb

Hey all,
 
I am using Sonar Artist. I have not chosen to upgrade to Pro or Plat, because the differences between them (for my purposes anyway) seem to be the included plug-ins, and I already have many 3rd party plugs from Izotope, Brainworx and SPL.
 
But........ of late I am growing dissatisfied with my reverb and delay options. I have been using Vallhala Vintage Verb, and the content included in Artist.
 
I wish there was a way to demo the verb and delay choices in Professional to see if any of them improve my situation, but I also realize how impractical that may be.
 
It seems to me that a lot of reverb plugs add an effect that seems plastered on the the sound left and right. I am seeking a verb that does front to back depth well. This could be user error on my part, and I don't claim to have used a lot of reverbs. One that I am demoing right now that seems to do the depth thing well is the Rob Papen verb. Maybe it is just easier for me to get this one to do this with little tweaking, and with some guidance perhaps I could get this with others in my arsenal. But the RP verb is very clean, and even at extreme settings sounds like reverb instead of a clashing cacophony of sounds. Interestingly enough, of those that I have tried, second place in the depth department goes to the free Pianoverb from PSP.

Also, a little delay feeding the verb seems to help depth. But unfortunately a lot of the delay plugs I have tried seem a bit boxy and midrange heavy, insted of open sounding. In the this case I like the RP delay as well. May grab these two, but still evaluating and considering alternatives.
 
The alternatives include Sonar Professional, and if it has an option I need this would be cost effective. But I would hate to upgrade for this reason and then end up buying another verb anyway.

Would love to hear feedback on this, and/or any hints on creating front to back depth.

You might want to look into 2caudio's aether. It is one one the best algo reverb. Demo is available. If you can wait till chrismas you might be able to get it for 50%.

Hi. Have you tried the sonitus reverb? Therese is also a lot for freebies around, if the Sonitus dose not float your boat. Best of luck.

Thanks Craig, I'll check out the demos. The REmatrix in particular looks interesting. And I would be gaining ProChannel flexibility with Professional or SPlat. May be worth a good hard look.
 
Thanks for the tip Klaus. I worked a little this morning with the reverb pre-fader. When time permits I will have a go at it again. It sounds like this may get me closer to the results I am looking for.  

Just on a side note...why, when I "open" a reverb, is about 3 times too much reverb? Same thing in Nectar 2?
Up to now, I have only turned reverb settings down and dry, never up.