Just out of curiosity, which ones bother you the most?
A plug in has to be pretty spectacular to be worth anything to me. So many plugins sound exactly the same to me. I use about 4 plug in compressors, a couple eq’s, 2 reverbs, 1 delay. I own a billion plugins and use only a handful.
A plugin is worth whatever it’s worth to you. If it makes you faster or more valuable to your clients, then it’s worth a lot. If it is just a toy that you are buying because you are bored, it’s probably worth less.
Also, separately, the truth of the matter is that the consumer market is worth way more than the pro market. That’s why everything is on sale all the time. Very few consumers will pay $200 for a plugin. Many will pay $29. The only reason to have a high price tag is to make the consumer market feel like they are getting pro gear.
Something like the ambisonics bundle is not really geared toward consumers. It’s a niche product. Same with the Auto Mixer stuff. It’s designed for people who make income from audio, not for hobbyists, which is why you don’t see them on sale.
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I’d be interested in knowing what these are. 
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This is actually funny for me. A couple of months ago I downloaded the Scheps Omni plugin, and found it wonderful to use. The price tag was $149, and I toyed with the idea of maybe just paying that amount. My good friend told me the $29 rule for Waves plugins, and guess what? Bought it two days ago for $29!
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For Compressors My Main ones are:
Waves Ren comp
Bass rider
Mv2
Eq:
Logic’s Channel eq 99% of the time.
REverb:
Softtube reverb
Abby road plate
Delay:
Logic’s delay
Modulation:
Waves doubler
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Thanks, Paul!
Sorry for the delay, I slept most of yesterday 
I’ve thought about this and think I’m probably grumbling unnecessarily… My main beefs are what you mentioned about subs lapsing and what I feel is cost vs advancement in the software. I tend to compare Pro Tools to Cubase because those are the two DAW’s I run, and I feel like Cubase has become this juggernaut and Pro Tools has sort of plodded along and added useful things here n’ there.
I do love Pro Tools and will always make sure I have access to it because I’m still the most comfy in it… and may wind up moving to HD eventually depending on hardware decisions. I also recognize that Pro Tools has to cater to much more than just music-based studios, so I’m probably just jumping on the “Damn you, Avid!” bandwagon 
I don’t know about that one Big Al, but for less than 2X that price, you can get 6 really decent plugins. On the recommendation of a friend, I got the Manny Marroquin bundle and love it. Just the EQ alone is superb. He basically took his favorite EQs and put them all in one. Each range is an emulation from one of his go-tos. It can be had at everyplugin for about $50…
http://everyplugin.com/manny-marroquin-signature-series.html
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Yeah. I think these are the two best in vox plugs they make and the only ones that I still use. Not crazy about the Kramer and maserati vocal plugs, and the Manny set doesn’t have any. The greg wells is a bit more modern sounding to me than the cla.
I use the maserati groups plugin for back up vocals, but not the vocal one for leads.
I just bought this before checking the forum.
If it helps, I used 2 coupons
SUMMER2018
and
YNY23
Total price $23.82
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I went ahead and bought the Voicecentric plugin. Now if I could just find a plugin that made me a good guitar player.
Good deal man. I run the GW voice centric chain like this:
Filter/Surgical EQ
Autotuner
De-esser
Compression/Multi-band compression
VoiceCentric
…then all time, mod, and saturation based effects after it. I keep the Auxes on that channel pre-routed (but disabled) to the Doubler and the MicroShifter incase I don’t like what the doubler does. Then I can default back to my other ones in a couple seconds of auditioning it on the source.
…I also keep this as close to the end of the chain as possible because I found it works best when run mono->stereo, since the doubler is one of the most useful features on that plugin.
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I am pretty sure they’re watching our conversation here. lol
I just got an email with a code for 25% off, so I guess this weekend Waves plugins are worth $21.75. Thinking about getting the Parallel Particles plugin. Anyone use that?
I used the trial version - and I know it shouldn’t matter, but the GUI of that plugin is so awful. Someone online described it as a WinAmp skin from the 90’s!
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Haven’t touched anything Waves in a long time and the only 2 plugs I miss are the Loudness Maximizer and Retro comp from the vintage series. Quite happy running Studio One Producer stock plugins with some freeware. Haven’t looked at Waves a long time, and was surprised to see the same familiar bundle still at the studio that I recorded recently. Honestly, nothing they ever did impressed me much and their validation schemes were always a pain.
I dont really care about the GUI, but I’m guessing it didn’t do anything amazing sound wise either since you didn’t end up buying it?