What a pleasant surprise! I ordered an original Smoky soprano sax mouthpiece in a 6, mostly to see how Syos mouthpieces compare to the usual brands )I find my sweet-spot on sax mouthpieces to be from 6 to 7*). Fit and finish are excellent. I was very surprised at how well this piece plays. Went up a reed size from my usual and it plays almost perfectly. Free blowing. Reed friendly. Easy to start and articulate low Bb, B and C, and an easy reach to altissimo — palm keys are clear. No issues with staccato or slurs. So, unless something changes I have some mouthpieces (Link STM, Selmer Super Session, Soprano Planet Open Sky , Yanagisawa metal…) that may be retired to eBay. My only problem is that I followed up and ordered a Steady to see how it compared to the Smoky… and I am struggling to decide which I like better. (Hmm… maybe I should check out a Spark, too). But these feel like keepers to me. Vey nice mouthpieces at a great price point. Certainly worth a try!

this mouthpiece makes the soprano sing

I love to play with the smokey mouthpiece. It has a nice smooth sound, covers all ranges well and responds very nicely to cool jazz, as well as classical, also with plastic reeds from légère. I shall now also try the steady formate and expand my sound possibilities with that.

Mi piace questo bocchino. Cercavo una alternativa di suono più scuro rispetto al mio Vandoren V16, lo Smoky risponde alla mia esigenza.
Questo è il mio quinto bocchino Syos😃
Bel lavoro

Superbe bec. Très facile à jouer et confortable. Aigus plus simples à sortir qu'avec mon ancien bec et meilleure justesse.