Good question, i guess it has to do with the " taste " how they sound and compress !
As you know i now have
X1d, and there's not exactly a huge amount of effect plugins there.
there is the Sonitius suite, it's ok but nothing more.
Now i am not after a huge collection of plugins, ill rather have a few good ones that i really know.
Guess we all have some picture of what kind, of sound we are looking for
and hence what plugins we choose to use.
if i had the money i would probably get
this but it's to expensive for me.
Yes Sonar Producer, have a lot of great plugins / channel strip etc, and now also melodyne.
maybe later when i can earn some money of recording and mixing
i would be able to upgrade to X3, with all the goodies there !
Now for me at present time, it's just a dream but who knows, time may change.