lol, some analogue stuff is amazing isnt it. Thus far i can only see one limit to hardware, in regards to mathematics in the analogue and digital domain with real time monitoring being a prime ingredient to the product. Some things cant be done analogue because the result would mean a certain latency or even the inability of real time monitoring, things like audio restoration demands a good deal of that. On other parts its just about how to make gear more in reach for future customers, something that stands or falls with the algorhytmic implentation on DSPs and commercial adaption. And whats left to talk about for what concerns the analogue subject ? Theres just vintage synths and signal processing left which cost a shitload for the perfect sound which comes down to pro users and studio owners...which is about 5% of us (i gues its even less). But that stuff is the shiznit and us cheeky hiphop cats ride the bandwagon like our lives depend on it (dont make me bring out the clichés lol), so whatever cats are using, you need it. 1176 by behringer, uad or whatever emulation, its all good "cuz i sure as hell not laying down that money if i got the plug". Bad thing about this consensus is that nobody even knows what real one sounds like. Like you said ( and i mean no pun here ) -"That being said I was playing on the minimoog voyager yesterday and it was amazing"-. It just says something about how far you are in defining quality and flexibility because you're probably also in a budget trade off (in combo with keeping up to par with a certain hype). IMO, im still not really impressed with todays emulation techniques because most emulations are fairly easy to create but why is the logic tape delay plug still the best sounding out there?(next solution to not having that tape delay is re-201 lol). In regards to emulated moogs(or a CS80), im sorry but i dont think most cats ever heard a real one except from a recording so what does that say about an emulations besides sounding good? Then you have VA clones like superwave P8 vs JP8000, Albino vs Virus, they just dont make sense, the keys versions sound better because the converters in there opposed to the converters from your soundcard (being rich in diversity instead all sounding the same because it goes through one and the same converter from your soundcard). Eventualy it comes down to lack of interest, where such quality is overruled by the practicle side of the user being money and making a decision where the trade off is, imo i'd rather have less, just the good stuff and the rest is skills.
on topic; i cant compare reason with fl, reason is a convenient oversized plugin which by most users is still in need of a host platform where fl is already a full fledged platform that eats all formats. What bugs me most about reason (besides that you need to rewire it in order to work stuff out) is the crappy mixer with the 2 band eq...
and that fl sounds crap argument...its soooo FL2.54 and even then you're noob.