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Author: rt4567
Date: 2014-12-19 07:00
Is it good mouth piece, i am looking into buying the 1.00 tip opening , and what type of vandoren mouth piece is it most like (so i can have a reference to what it sounds like)?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-12-19 07:51
Yes, it's a good mouthpiece.
If it sounded like any Vandoren there'd be no point to producing it. A clarinet will sound like a clarinet whether it has a Vandoren or a Rico mouthpiece on it. But they are all decent mouthpieces - Vandorens and Ricos. They feel different, they tune differently and they have their own individual sound characteristics. Choosing is a matter of personal preference and compatibility with your instrument and maybe your choice of reeds.
Try the Rico and decide what you think of it without trying to index it to a Vandoren.
Karl
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Author: cxgreen48
Date: 2014-12-19 09:49
I have an X5 that I got recently and really like it. If I compare it to my Vandoren M30, I would say the the X5 is brighter, more projecting, and much more resonant.
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Author: Ed
Date: 2014-12-19 20:56
While I think that they are decent mouthpieces, I have found those that I have tried to be more resistant than I like. This was a couple of years ago, so I don't know if the new ones are any different.
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Author: tylerleecutts
Date: 2014-12-19 21:16
The new mouthpieces aren't different, just labeled differently. They are a bit more resistant than Vandorens, so you may want slightly softer reeds than on your old mouthpiece.
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Author: soloartist13
Date: 2014-12-19 23:23
Personally, they were too resistant and too "cold" sounding. In other words, filled with highs in the sound but lacking the lower overtones.
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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2014-12-20 00:07
Arty:
..my self proclaimed name for you as taken from your clarinet bboard name....
it depends on how you define "good." So first off, let me state my criterion.
I think Rico Reserve, now D'addario...
(guys in the know like Dave Blumberg here on the board say the mouthpiece products are the same (NOT true for the reeds))
mouthpieces were carefully conceived, with consultants like Richard Hawley and Mark Nuccio on board, and present wonder additions to the clarinet mouthpiece market, that many players are quite happy with.
And yet, everything people have said above about the product are things I can relate to.
Karl said it's not a Vandoren. Agreed. And I agree with Tyler that if a Vandoren comparison were to be made, placing it between and M13 and M15 is right. I definitely think it plays brighter and projects well as Charles said, and my preference for darker sound is one of the reasons I shy away from it--but that's a matter of personal taste. And it's not one of the freest blowing mouthpieces I've ever played, though by no means the hardest, and some people like mouthpieces that "fight back" a bit.
I prefer the easiest to play setup that doesn't compromise my control--something Nuccio, interestingly enough, said about reeds.
My ability to reconcile the two (my like for the mouthpiece, and concurrence with some of the above claims) comes in the age old issue of a mouthpiece needing to feel right with its player, and we're all different.
Since the acquisition by D'addario, if the brief history of D'addario taking the helm is any indication, I have every reason to belive that D'addario has not simply bought a quality brand, but is willing to pour consider funds into maintaining and enhancing it. Somewhat tangential, the two new D'addario reed offerings are IMHO, really good. I don't doubt that these offerings were well funded project endeavors. D'addario's CEO has expressed and demonstrated the desire to play in, nuture, and grow in products "above the clarinet's barrel." I believe he speaks genuinely.
I tend to not advocate buying a mouthpiece before trying it. Have you (tried it)? And what mouthpiece to you seek to replace buy acquiring this new one? What is wrong with your current mouthpiece? What qualities do you seek from a new mouthpiece?
FWIW: I thought highly enough of the mouthpiece to buy one, I like using it now and then, and would recommend it, but for me, (YMMV), it's not in my top 3.
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