Need Some Soft Synth Advice!!

I have a choice of getting one (or two) of the following synths and would like to know what you guys thought of them in terms of quality of sounds, functionality, ease of use/program etc...
(I know they're all unique in their own right, but any user input would be appreciated).
 
1) FM8
2) SubBoomBass
3) Z3ta+2 
4) Absynth 5 

Of the ones you mention Absynth has the best complex, evolving and evocative sounds. FM8 is great for bright edgy sounds that cut through a mix. Zeta has come a long way but I never used the original or the new version. Sub Boom Bass is a genre specific synth that IMHO will be more limited. What are hoping to do with your selection?

Zebra is pretty cool. There is a "lite" version called Zebralette you can download for free to get an idea what it's capable of.

Of course, the granddaddy of all soft synths is Omnisphere. Does pretty much anything and everything.

It really depends upon what you have and what kind of music you are doing.  For my purposes:

sound design - Alchemy
cutting stuff and general synth - Rapture
Thick VA and wavetable - Komplexer
General sampler - DimPro

Z3TA 2 is good but I haven't had time to muck w/ it.  Z3TA 1 was good for buzzy stuff esp., but was pretty good va.  2 has syncable wave shaping, which is very interesting.

It is hard to go wrong if you don't have FM to get one.  All those 80s sounds, plus you can do some wild sound design stuff if you have a lot of time.

I haven't messed with absythn but have heard only good things.  If you don't already have a rompler or something that can do long, evolving sounds that would fill that nitch.

I don't know anything really about additive, subtractive or long division synths as I'm not a synth person but I do own 3. FM8. The FM stands for forgotten magnificence. It's the 'forgotten' or 'quiet' synth. It's actually quite musical and sounds great but it gets overlooked. It probably needed a better name like Gigantic or Monstrous. Absynth. Ab is short for 'abstract' or it could be just the initials for 'absolutely bonkers'. Let's say you're getting sucked into a black hole and you need some atmospheric music. Just reach out for Absynth. It won't save you but it'll give an appropriate soundtrack to your impending doom. It's probably the number 1 selling synth on Venus. Z3ta+2. Do you use Z3ta? If you do then you'll probably want to upgrade. I don't know SubBoomBass. I do know about long paragraphs and not being able to divide my posts up due to my browser.

Excellent info here and I appreciate everyones comments.

I'm primarily a (hobbyist) guitarist playing metal/rock/blues/jazz/funk but, do love electronic/dance/classical/reggae music (basically anything that sounds good). I like using various genre's so these synths are to help getting the background music so I can lay my guitar track on top (I used to write songs the other way around.....starting with the guitar, but since I got into midi last year, it's been an interesting ride). 

From short term memory these are some of the synths I already have:

Kontakt4 (just got it in June & only have the 40Gb library it came with)   
NI's Prizm
Battery3
SampleTank/SonikSynth2/Miroslav (full) and about 99% of their libraries
AAS String Studio
CamelSpace
Korg M1
Alchemy Player
Zebralette
All the free players from NI (I'm actually interested in getting Komplete7 rather than K8, but will get that when more funds are available). I know I have a bunch more synths, but I'm not at my DAW right now.

I love Z3ta & Rapture and have also installed some of the free patches that are going around. You would think this is more than enough to keep me/anyone busy for quite awhile, but I do suffer from GAS and I know MyOlpal (The King of Gear) is well aware of what I'm going through...lol.
 
I threw in SubBoomBass on there as I don't really have a "Bass Synth", but I'd rather have a synth (like Z3ta) that has a lot of everything in it(bass, lead, textures etc...). 

I forgot to add Razor into that list as I do have a $30 voucher that can/should be used. I've seen some of these synths for sale at the KVR site, but don't know too much about them and wanted to check with you guys first.

Sylenth is my favourite synth especially with a few Rob Lee soundpacks even though I'm essentially into traditional/modern guitar bands.

Why don't you just upgrade your Kontakt 4 to Komplete 8?

They are big synths if you're not really into synths or a tweaker. Great sounds but would you use them? You can buy secondhand too for cheaper.

Sylenth is my favourite synth especially with a few Rob Lee soundpacks even though I'm essentially into traditional/modern guitar bands.

 
I'm not sure Mesh actually needs another soft-synth... 
That said, Sylenth is one of the best sounding VA synths.
 
Mesh, I'd think about your sound pallet.
What do you feel is missing/lacking?
You might consider getting Omnisphere... as it covers a LOT of ground... and you have the genius sound design of Eric Persing (responsible for many of Roland's classic synth sounds).

Thanks Myolpal, I value your opinion much more than you think.....it's gone up to at least 7 cents...lol.

The worst part is I really don't "need" (like Jim said) another softsynth, but gas has got the better part of me. 

I'm actually saving up to get the Variax JTV, so these synths would be just to keep the train-a-rollin in the gas dept., and didn't want to spend "too much" on synths. My ultimate goal is to collect the best of the best (even if it's one at a time) that's available/affordable.

Now you guys got me re-thinking.....

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And don't forget you can sell your individual NI licenses. I did when I originally bought Komplete. It almost paid for it back then.

I saw a lot of people trying to do this on the KVR site, but (as of late) NI seems to be wishy-washy on re-selling licenses (seems to be kind of a hit or miss/case to case basis).

Twice it took a fortnight to answer though. That's definitely a variable - how long it takes to get back to you. It can be a day or a fortnight.

Or the wonderfully cheap drum kits at analogue drums...or the totally wild yet essential machine libraries at hollow sun. Plus one for the indigenous Nashville guitar...best five bucks going! Do check out the depth and breadth of th Komplete8 offerings...before you make a decision.

Another +1 for Hollow Sound.