Crossing over the the Dark Side/The best Plugins

Before my recent purchase of Logic I would boast that I had never used a plugin. I reluctantly crossed into digital recording with the purchase of a RADAR. After years, I picked up Logic 7.2 as an experiment to see what all the fuss was about. With an analog mixer I have the choice of using premium outboard gear vs what is inside the Logic box. That being said I am happily impressed with what I am hearing within Logic.
I use processing sparingly and only want the best. For some things I find that Logic gives me "the best." So now that I am humbled and eating some of my words my interest is tweaked. If, if, if I were to purchase some of the very best plugins that work well with Logic what would you recommend and why?
My G*d I can't believe I am even asking the question!!!!

hey
i no what you mean about eating your words i said hardware was and always would be for me. but now i dont even have a desk just a controller (still have a few bits of hardware thouhgh filters compressor etc). i am alot happier with my sound too.
anywho plug ins worth checking out (i think) waves, oxenford, antares, psp, bomb factory ( virtual 1176 compressor's etc) and there are a whole bunch of virtual ssl stuff coming out that i cant wait to try. (depends if you want that ssl soung though, i no i do).
anywho hope this gets you started. although dont be afraid to search the net just try everything. there's generally free demo's you never no what you might find.

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