Been a user since Live 3 and still haven't spent the amount of money that my first Roland Groovebox cost me. Not sure when you guys got into this game, but 1500$ buys you a hell of a lot of sounds these days.
With some companies you get more than with others.
Try going back a decade or so when we had to buy expansion boards for an already costly synth. Add the mixer, effects, etc..
This isn't even a "back in the day" kind of thing. I'm still in my twenties..
And honestly, if you're hobbyist like you say, you probably don't need several gigabytes of orchestra sounds, a physical modeling synth for bell and guitar sounds and several other instruments may be redundant if the quality of free or cheap alternative plugins suits your needs better.
We're all spoiled for choice. The trick is to know what you actually need. Buying the suite isn't going to get you a soundcard and/or controller which would be nice to have with 1500$ of software and sounds.
