I could not believe the sound quality of the reed and ease of blowing. I wish I changed my reed to Fibracell years ago. Throwing away 100s of reeds over the years and putting up with the inconsistency of the cane reed was my biggest headache in life which led me to think on bad days to stop playing and take up the guitar instead. If you imagine that finding a good cane reed is the most important aspect of playing the saxophone and I truly believe is the reason why we dont have many sax players in comparison to guitarists and pianists.If the best ever cane reed in the world was scored at 10 and the reeds that made you happy were scored at 8 and 9, then I would say that Fibracell scores 8. This means you can always get a great reed every time straight out of the box and never have to worry about reeds ever again. For me its like playing the piano or guitar where I know the sound will always be there for me.Lets see if Fibracell can improve the sound to a big 10 in the years to come, that for me would be awesome. One last point, the reed maker could start to think about developing reeds for bright, mellow, velvet, dark, quiet, loud or what ever they could invent to offer a range of sounds. Thanks anyway for helping my day to day playing and solving my biggest problem, it truly is a miracle.