I wouldn't avoid the VST version for these reasons, and yes: the 64bit internal audio path of Reaper does make it potentially better quality than most other DAW's.
As Jamsden mentioned, very slight volume changes can really alter the way we perceive a sound as well. Render the same file in 24 & 32bits and listen to the bass quality. It's not possible that there is actually more low level linearity, since the lower 8 bits get truncated by the D/A converter. 32bit rendered files seem to have a rounder/deeper bass. I do find that the bass quality of a file rendered to 24 vs 32bits is slightly different, but I think it has to do with how the D/A converts the bits in realtime. It would then be truncated to 24bit at the D/A converter. Unless there is oversampling or signal processing going on inside the DAW app, it's just streaming the digital signal from your A/I and usually upscaling to 32 or 64bit. Clearly something is wrong, but maybe it's just me who is setting it badly.
Usually I put s-gear in a stereo track (so that only the right channels is feeded with a guitar signal), and output is stereo as well. Never bothered me much though, since I don't record, mostly I play live, and for what I do, the standalone version gives me plenty. or if it 's the case that the vst just works different (which I find unlikely). It's like if some kind of compression was applied by default on most of them. I don't know if it is some configuration in DAWs that I'm missing. I play with a sample rate of 96khz (the one that sounds best to me - again, more clarity, etc.) Exception goes for plogue bidule, but that can't be called a daw. Standalone version has some kind of "openess", clarity and definition that I just can't achieve in any daw or vst host (tried ableton live, reaper, cubase, cantabile, and others. The more I play with s-gear, the more I feel the same.
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