What's the best Tenor Saxophone? Early Mark VI vs. 5 Modern Tenors with Jon Bean!

Boston #saxophonist Jon Bean stopped by Virtuosity to compare his 1955 60k #selmer Mark VI to a range of modern professional tenor saxophones to see if any can come close. Featured Instruments: Selmer Series III https://www.virtuosityboston.com/selmer-series-iii-tenor-saxophone.html Selmer Reference 36 https://www.virtuosityboston.com/selmer-reference-36-tenor-saxophone.html Selmer Reference 54 https://www.virtuosityboston.com/selmer-reference-54-tenor-saxophone.html Rampone & Cazzani Two Voices https://www.virtuosityboston.com/rampone-and-cazzani-two-voices-tenor-saxophone.html Yamaha Custom Z https://www.virtuosityboston.com/yamaha-custom-z-tenor-saxophone.html Want to try these horns for yourself? Come by our shop in Boston, MA: Virtuosity Musical Instruments 234 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Setup: Ted Klum Florida (Rubber) 8* Select Jazz 3H (Unfiled) BSS Superlative Ligature Signal Flow: Microtech Gefell M 930 Ts (M930Ts) pair @ 1m via Integer XMP2 preamp No processing or adjustments made to audio Timestamps: 0:00 Start 0:21 Intro 0:41 Jon's Mark VI - Intro 0:57 Setup Used 1:25 Jon's Mark VI - 🎧 Playing 1:53 Series III - Intro 2:16 Series III - 🎧 Playing 3:03 Series III - Thoughts 3:10 Ref 36 - Intro 3:25 Ref 36 - 🎧 Playing 3:53 Ref 36 - Thoughts 4:00 Ref 54 - Intro 4:26 Ref 54 - 🎧 Playing 5:17 Ref 54 - Thoughts 5:50 Two Voices - Intro 6:20 Two Voices - 🎧 Playing 6:56 Two Voices - Thoughts 7:11 Custom Z - Intro 7:25 Custom Z - 🎧 Playing 8:24 Overall Thoughts 9:06 Jon's Picks 10:10 Conclusion 10:39 Nothing to see here ;) #jazzband #jazz #jazzsaxophone #markvi #yamaha #rampone #band #musicstore #musicshop #musician #musicians #comparison #tenorsax