Being a fan of Vandoren reeds for my clarinet I was drawn to this mouthpiece when needing to upgrade my student clarinet. After researching a huge amount of mouthpieces I settled on this one and am very happy I did. The sound and response is great and has given me a better level of control and what feels to be a deeper dynamic range. The over all quality was what I expected and more from Vandoren and the value for money is quiet good.