a few things..... but first, chill on the harshness of your response nnxt, your gettin a little to much of an attitude thee....
second, i am one of those who want great presets. there is no point of buying something that doesnt give you great sounds out of the box. why buy something that doesnt sound good out of the box? nobody is "dick ridin" presets. i should be able to get nice strings, good organs, a nice rhodes, and a useable bass sound if i pay $400 bucks for something, should i not? everyone isnt a sound designer.
if i have to make the piano useable, then i shuold probably find another product. tahts the whole point of having a rompler.
now, as for the guy who said the sounds are "equal", im not too sure what that means. sampletank 2 is a very useable rompler. its not going to wow you with its synth functions but it has good, solid effects (and many of them) and solid, cheap- QUALITY expandability.
for the guy who called it "boring", well, tahts where tweaking does come in- but also,remember its add on functions wit hexpansion tank modules that are around 79 bucks a pop, and are very good.
hypersonic is a similar- ubt different type of moduleand has its strengths, namely strings and its effects section is also useable. I have both and niether presents much in the way of pianos; both their acoustic and electric pianos sound cheap and tinny. sampletank guitars and bass offer more in the way of expression and variety and PLAYABILITY then hypersonic…. Solo horns are also better and have a small handful of great patches. hypersonic has much better synth sounds, more of them, and better variety. It also has an fx section- car horns, gunshots, applause, etc.
what do yo uwant specifically? kompakt or kontakt may prove to be better options fo ryou then either of these, as they offer higher quality libraries for acoustic sounds (yuo said you dont need synths)
anyhow thats my input, i have had both for some time so feel i can make a quality assesment here....