初めてZZ 3.5 を買ってみました。品質に問題はありませんでしたが、僕には硬くて吹けませんでした。楽器店などにある、バラ売りのリードで試されてから購入するのが良いと思います。処分に困り、試しに紙やすりで裏側を薄く削ってみたところ、十分吹けるようになりました。

Seit Jahren spiele ich nur auf Vandorenblättern. Denn sie erzeugen einen guten beständigen Ton. Die Qualität ist gleichmäßig und selten ist ein Blatt unbrauchbar.

I prefer these over the Java but just personal taste. Good for big band playing as can change the response from ensemble to solo and good intonation in the higher range

The Vandoren ZZ reeds are available two ways, individually wrapped in a box with a yellow tab on the top, versus unwrapped in a box with a grey tab (where the size number is listed). The picture above indicates they would be unwrapped and in a grey-tab box, but they shipped me the more expensive individually-wrapped reeds in the full-color box instead. I don't know if that's always the case, but I was pleasantly surprised.I'm not sure if having the individual "humidity-control" wrapping really makes them play better, but considering they're expensive reeds I like getting them that way. I think if the seller updated the picture to reflect the product is the more-expensive version they could sell more. Unless they just substituted that once because they were low on the others. But I'm going to keep ordering from this seller and see if I keep getting the pricier version for this price.Oh yeah and btw these are the best reeds for jazz if you want a big tone. I noticed a huge difference over both the LaVoz cane reeds or the Fibracell reeds I used to use.

Just picked up the sax again after a few years, was playing on the standard Blue Vandorens, size 3. Couldn't get much response on the low end, and the altissimo register was even dicy. Just tried out one of these for the first time ever, and both the low end and altissimo registers are much easier to play, and sound nice. The reed gives a rich, buttery tone. I'm a new fan!