The comparisons I found pointed to a Premier Mark 96 or something like that. When I went to go look it up I found it was out of my comfortable price range.
 
I guess for those of you with SPlat, the LL upgrade is $49 but for me, the full version was $99. I also tend to lean toward sampled sounds as I'm kinda burned on modeled sounds. Not that there is much wrong with them other than me having some some bad experiences. A lot of the soundblaster voices still make me cringe.
 
So, based solely on Fleer's comment I went for the Velvet as part of the Air Complete pack. If I don't like it I will hold fleer to task. Just kidding! All things considered it seemed to be a highly regarded group of instruments and was a good deal. Now, If I can just get the serials from PB and make it through all the iLok shtuff...
 
Thanks all!

I love my Velvet, DrL, you will too!

Fleer
I love my Velvet, DrL, you will too!

I'm looking forward to getting my Supertramp on! :)

I really like the modeling instruments like AAS LL-4. Was thinking about upgrading Session version to the full, but cannot justify spending 50$ for it, considering so many great options for Rhodes and Wurli EPs I already own, especially Velvet which is very usable and great sounding instrument. Can't go wrong with it.

I finally got it installed and authorized. Love it, love it. I've been tinkering for hours. I haven't found a bad sounding preset yet. They all have a unique character. The velocity curve is spot on and the balance across the keyboard range is very good too.
 
I haven't explored all the other Air Complete instruments much but what I have seen is pretty cool. I haven't even touched the plugins yet.

LL is my go to EP. Good dynamic range and expressive. Small footprint. You can also tweak the sound and get a huge variety of EP sounds. With sampled EP you get a very realistic sound but you can't change much compared to the physical modeled EP. Don't forget pianoteq 5 also has an excellant physical modeled EP.

Absolutely, those Pianoteq electrics are up there with Lounge Lizard on the modeled front. But there's still something about sampled pianos, electric or not, that fills the room in a different way. Less tweakability and playability, sure, but that sound, that sound ...