has anyone ever tried a saxophone.com sax?

[yana sax]

just wondering whether buy a soprana sax from them. cheers.

[PaulNYC]

People have do a search for them.

[Gordon (NZ)]

http://saxophone.com/

"Our brand name is "Saxophone.com" and our Saxophone.com saxophones are some of the highest quality, well made, easy playing, and expressive saxophones at any price. ..."

With the sort of advertising hype on the web-site I woudl be extremely cautious!!

I don't see the country of manufacture mentioned, which means China or these days, possibly India!

"Just prior to shipping to you the saxophones are thoroughly adjusted and play tested."

Don't believe a word of it! This is not true even of expensive, reputable brand names. Yes, they 'adjust' it so there are no leaks greater than 1 mm (serious leak), and play test it and ignore how it sounds.

"These horns are professional quality saxophones ....."

Not at that price!

(BTW totally ignore the fabricated, meaningless "list price")

Almost total certainty that this is junk.

[werkinsnake]

I'm not so sure Gordan. I've heard that these horns are forming quite a following. However PLAYING IS BELIEVING in my book. And for $1,000 for a new saxophone.com sax, I would prefer spending the money on a great Vintage Sax from yesteryear. Some of them look a little odd to the untrained eye, but most of them were made out of fantastic brass and parts. Some vintage models are more sought after than the modern "top of the line" pro horns. Well, if I can save about $2,000 (US) purchasing a vintage horn over a new one, and if the horn plays just as good (OR BETTER) than the modern horn...WHY NOT GO FOR IT???

[Gandalfe]

If the deal is too good to be true then it probably is... Also, soprano saxes are notoriously hard to play well so it would be a shame to handicap yourself with a cheap horn with inherently bad intonation.

[Stencilman]

I've tried a couple of saxophone.com saxes and thought they were excellent horns. Good intonation, good materials, properly set up, etc. Went the vintage route instead since I could do the overhaul on them myself.

Based on the horns I got from saxophone.com, I would recommend them.

[Gordon (NZ)]

That's an encouraging report.
Did you use them for a couple of years so that problems such as destruction of the lacquer, or posts falling off were given a chance to appear?
Not being negative, just asking.

BTW do you know how they compare with Jinyin? - In price and quality?

[DaveKessler]

Saxophone.com is actually ran by a sax player who lives here in Las Vegas (where my store is).

He is having these horns made for him in Taiwan. They are pretty decent horns and I know the guy doing them. Now personally, I think that there are better Taiwanese horns for the same money but thats a personal opinion.

Now I will say that the "at any price" claim is off. That is for selling purposes. In comparison to a Yani A901 ($1595), the Saxophone.com horns do not stack up, neither do ANY Taiwanese made horns in my opinion (including my own)... but thats why the Yani is more money, it is a better made & better playing horn.

Also, I think that the factory that makes their horns has quite soft metal but so do many horns (including some of the more pricey name brand horns).

But as far as the company, value & the setup of the horns, they are decent horns to buy and will 99% of the time, arrive ready to play.

[Stencilman]

Did you use them for a couple of years so that problems such as destruction of the lacquer, or posts falling off were given a chance to appear? ...BTW do you know how they compare with Jinyin? - In price and quality?Gordon, since I didn't buy either saxophone.com or the Jinyin, I do not know how they hold up over time. I'd like to see some reports from folks that have had these for a while. The Jinyins were about $200 less than saxophone.com.

I felt that saxophone.com had good customer service and ensured that their horns were properly set up before they were sent out. The Jinyins I looked at were being sold through a music shop that was mainly into guitars, not woodwinds. Nobody there could check out a horn before it hit the sales floor. As far as I could tell, the brass was not that sold on either horn, but I wasn't trying to stress test them. While on business trips to Taiwan, I have tried horns that were made from very soft metal that would bend from normal play.