i only own two brushes myself, but have owned 5 over the lifetime of my wet shaving career:
-wilkinson sword board : prickly, cheap, but worked well enough
-Tweezerman Pure Badger : was a great little brush for £15, i loved it, felt properly soft compared to the WS great value
-Edwin Jagger Super Badger : was just too big and too floppy for me. A lovely luxurious brush though and well made
-NF2201 : the first brush that really felt perfectly balanced to me, soft enough, yet with backbone to face lather
-NF Tubby 1 : my real favourite here... so so soft, great looks, easy to handle and lathers like a dream. Also stiff enough to face lather, but its as soft as id want a face lathering brush to be. Its utterly superb though.