Thinking of getting a UAD 2 quad

I'm thinking of getting a UAD 2 quad in a couple of months and so wanted to ask the age old question is it worth it?  Especially since you will still need to get a bunch of plugins after words.

Thoughts?

Yeah, I've got a pretty good amount of other plugins.  Several of which I blame on you   In particular sound toys, and softtube.  That being said, I've had my eye on a UAD 2 system for a while, and think my wife will relent in a bit.   But I'm want to make sure it's REALLY worth it. 

The only thing I would warn against is buying their plugs sort of willy nilly as I did when I first got the UAD system.  While they are all good...there are some you may find (as I did) that you end up never using at all.  Be careful.

Plugs I still use all the time

Fairchild
LA2A
LA3A
1176
Fatso
4k Buss Compressor

Harrison (always.....always)
Helios
Cambridge
Neve 1073

Neve channel strip
SSL channel strip

Precision Limiter

DreamVerb
RealVerb 
*OOooops...forgot about my beloved EMT Plate 140 and EMT 250!!!

Dimension D
Boss Chorus

Cooper Time Cube

MANLEY MASSIVE PASSIVE....A MUST HAVE!!!!

Would love to have the Lex 224

All others see moderate to little use for me as they have been supplanted by other plugs.  I have a handful that I wish now I'd never purchased...not that they aren't good and wouldn't be useful to almost anyone...just that I find myself never using them.

Choose wisely.

Ya

+1 on getting a UAD Quad or even better (as others have suggested here) get an Apollo with a Quad built in.
I only have a UAD2 solo and I need more, so I plan on upgrading to either a quad or Apollo-quad next year.  

Does anyone know what the projected prices will be with the Apollo's?

If you have the money definitely get the quad.

I love the limited number of UAD plugs I have. The ones I use on everything are Pultec & Harrision EQs, DBX VCA comp, and the two EMT reverbs. There are many others I've liked when demoing but can't justify buying. If you wait for the twice yearly sales you can get some great bargains.

Plugs I still use all the time

...RealVerb

This is a useful reverb and it comes free (i.e. included) with the card.

I have a UAD-1e and some of the free plugins have become go-to items for me, e.g.:

DM-1 Delay Modulator
RS-1 Reflection Engine

These particular plugins are easily overlooked, as they are intended to be components of a channel strip, but can also be used separately.

I'm thinking of getting a UAD 2 quad in a couple of months

 
If the past two years is any indication, UA will probably have a killer UAD-2 deal going on come late Spring or
early Summer. For the past two years, UA has run a (3) month promotion (last year it ran July-Sept), whereby if you
purchase a new UAD-2 card you got up to (3) premium plug-ins free. The UAD-2 QUAD promo included the EMT-250,
Massive Passive EQ & Studer A800 free ($897 value). I suspect UA will offer a similar deal in 2012, as well.
If you can swing it, get a QUAD Flexi which includes a $500 plug-in voucher to purchase any plug-ins that you want.
Depending on where you buy a new UAD-2 card, you only pay 40-60 cents on the dollar for the extra $500. If UA is
giving you extra plug-ins and plug-in vouchers you might as well take it! So if you had purchased a new QUAD Flexi
(around $1500-1600 street) last Summer you would have got back $1397 in extra plug-ins & vouchers. At that point,
you are only paying a few hundred dollars extra for the QUAD card and the included plug-ins (LA2A, 1176LN, Pultec,
1176SE, RealVerb Pro, CS-1). If you happened to already have any of the promo plug-ins, UA exchanged the retail value for additional plug-in vouchers. Use your non-expiring plug-in vouchers during one of UA's frequent plug-in sales and save even more.

I am a bit biased, as I have been using UAD plugins for the past decade. I purchased my first card (UAD-1 Mackie)
back in 2002 and except for some select native plug-ins, I primarily use UAD for most FX. But, if you are into hardware emulations of classic/vintage gear, UA certainly has the most varied and extensive plug-in catalog available and their plug-ins are top notch. In addition, the UAD-2 cards play well with SONAR X1.

All we know about UAD 64bit plug-in compatibility is that it is happening in 2012 and will be a free update for registered/licensed users. Personally, I don't think we will see the update, until later in the year and it will probably be v6.4 (get it).

Cheers,

Billy Buck

I'm fortunate enough to have a UAD2 solo.

My current plugs are the

LA2A
1176
SSL E Channel Strip
SSL 4k Bus Comp
Precision Bus Comp
Trident A Range
Little Labs IBP

Plus Realverb, Pulteq and the Channel Strip including the excellent seperate modulation plugs Kev mentioned that came with it.  I use them all, all the time and will pretty much max out the card often unless I'm careful.  I'd probably happily get by easily without limits with a duo, but if you want to use some of the later, bigger, more resource hungry plugs then the quad would be the way to go.

I love my little UAD stash.

I have a UAD2 Quad and Mackie UAD1. So of the best purchases I ever made. The Studer is amazing! As are many of the plugs. I also have the Waves Mercury bundle but the UADs see the bulk of usage. 2¢...