EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hello.

I'm hearing good things about Reason, Kontact and other samplers (is
that the correct term?).  I'm noticing that a significant number of
the samples I'm interested in are available in these formats and not
necessarily EXS.  Can anyone comment about the ability to move between
some of these samplers and EXS?  Or maybe there's a way to interface
between these samplers and Logic (which would admittedly make it off
topic for the EXS group)?  I'm using OS9, so for the moment VST isn't
an option.  Also, I'm using Logic 5.5.0.  Would Logic 6 make a
difference?  Sorry if these are stupid questions.

Cheers,
Larry