Agreed. In the long run this saved me money (and time).
Its always easy to supplement the Fabfilter stuff with character tools (plugins modeled after famous sounding hardware), but this is the collection I would recommend to build around.
This forum will recommend one of everything even if the OP responds and says what they've decided, and people have their reasons.
If the people that initially spoke to you are people you trust, I'd go with that.