Vastman
ok, carl... thank you so very much. 
Hey Vastman...first of all, thanks for all of the informative information you shared. I'm new to the Orchestral Libraries and I've been trying out a few to see which one I'd like to buy. Albion I seems to be a very comprehensive library, and the samples are amazing. I've been doing some research, and a lot of the points you've made I've come to realize just from looking around. I still have a LOT to learn, but I DO feel like Albion I helps a novice to jump in and start making music a lot faster. Of course all of the tutorials on YouTube help as well!
Re: your discussion with Carl... perhaps he was too caught up in the "love" of debate, but once you clarified your meaning by explaining that all "dry" sounds are simply closely-recorded mics, that was a very common-sense explanation, and I understood completely what you meant, and frankly, I thought the argument was over. You even went as far as to clarify that you meant that Albion is non-synthetic reverb and naturally recorded verb.
In contrast, Carl chose to argue against this point, maintaining that he was stating facts by indicating that Albion is NOT dry and IS verb. This is a case where two people were arguing two different points. You're saying it's not synthetic verb, he's saying that it's not dry. But how is it not dry when it's recorded with the same technology used to capture dry recordings on other libraries? What is his point here? Because one must draw the same conclusion you came to even when considering his "argument". Does this mean that one can say that NO LIBRARY is TRULY DRY, based on Carl's inference of what "pure dry" must be?
After a while, I realized he just wanted to argue semantics, and didn't really have a point.
The truth is, his argument fell apart after your clarification of how dry is recorded and his last response all but confirms he completely missed the point you were making.
That said, thanks for clarifying your point for others who might be reading. You made a lot of sense.
Carl also made a very good point about using different libraries. I noticed right away that it takes quite a bit of tweaking to make the recordings sound similar, due to the verb and mic positioning of the different libraries. It's something that I'll have to be very careful about, so I thank Carl as well for raising that concern.
I just created this account to let you both know that. Thanks again and cheers!