That’s a lot of money to spend. You need to determine if you’re willing to spend that kind of money for something that may go mostly unused, since only certain instruments may meet your standard.
If you have disposable income and can justify the expenditure on something that may just be a curiosity or an added book in your library, then, go for it.
However, if you already know that you don’t like certain instruments at all, and would only use others sparingly, then trust your instincts, if you’ve tested them thoroughly.
I have purchased and repurchased the Vienna Imperial, the Bosendorfer 280 VC, the Bosendorfer Imperial, the Fazioli F308, and even one of the uprights. Each one about twice, hoping, maybe I’d hear something this time that I didn’t hear the first time, and finally find that dream VST.
Without fail, I realize why I either didn’t buy them, or ended up selling them if I owned them beyond the return period, in the first place. If you’ve already made a decision about what you like and don’t like, it’s probably not going to change dramatically in such a short period of time.
And I also realize that the “dream VST” doesn’t exist. I already know what I want that would just totally meet all my needs…and it doesn’t exist. There are some that are really close like Ivory 3 or VSL’s Yamaha CFX, but nothing yet quite meets it totally. So, there’s always going to be some compromise.
Having owned or tried all of them, my favorite remains the Yamaha CFX and the Steinway D - the Yamaha has the best and tonal and timbral variation from piano to fortississimo, and the Steinway has the best tonal and timbral variation from pianossissimo to fortissimo. The Yamaha has better playability, but weaker clarity and stereo image than the Steinway.
The Bosendorfers are beautiful in their range, but the way they are sampled don’t even truly give me the fullness of the Bosendorfer experience, and they tonal and timbral variation are even weaker than the actual instruments, which themselves are limited. When it comes the to Fazioli’s, the issue is exacerbated like steroids, and there’s an even weaker tonal and timbral variation and limited dynamic range. If this works for your playing style or the genre of music you play, you’ll love it, but it should be tested thoroughly with everything you play. The Vienna Imperial is a drier version of the Bosendofer Imperial, with a nice 2sus feature and actual una corda samples, but it still has the issues most Bosendorfer samples have.
I find the uprights and vintage instruments to be the weakest of their output, and only suitable for people who really like those sounds, people who have the income to afford sparingly used VSTs in their collection for the sake of occasional use, and people who are working on full scale multi-instrumental projects who could benefit from them.
I would absolutely not recommend buying the entire bundle unless you’re sure you love all of them or you have the income to collect trinkets for your amusement lol.