If you want one of those and you can afford it, get it, but don't do it under the misconception it'll turn you into 1st violin. And making the Soloist sound like it does when Fiddlerman plays it? Good luck with that in only a few more years. Not trying to be discouraging, but that's the reality. My instructor can make my cheap VSO sound better than I can make my good fiddle, and that's after 3 yrs of playing. If course, I'm pretty terrible. 😩

If you haven't reached the limit of the Soloist, and in only a year playing (if I understand you correctly) I'm guessing not, then keep working with that one if money's tight. But if you're liquid, get another fiddle! Life's short. Careful you don't get GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) though, or specifically here VAS. Fun 'ailment' to have , if a tad pricey to cure.