I went with the hype and bought a new Antigua YS590 from Kessler Music in Nevada, and it was the best purchase I could've made. Roughly $900 for a beautiful Yanagisawa S991 copy, and it blows away the YSS475, Buecher BU-3 (tin foil), and Jupiter sopranos I tried beforehand. It is a professional grade instrument, and I've used it multiple times in performances. I have absolutly no regrets, its that good. Give them a try, honestly.

let me go on a rant here... since I dont' have a job and watch CNN all day I get to hear about a lot of things, and a lot of bullshit propaganda... but they talk about losing jobs to places like china, mexico, and so on. here is my point... This person asked about a cheap sax, that's not vintage. Insted of saying "oh this brand from tiwan (sp) is cheap and works" lets say to them "this vintage one was made in the us, or europe and has good keywork and sounds just as good or better than new ones" I know it's small and dosn't make a differnce, but we should be making a effort to support this country and our products. I know most horns are made overseas (if not all) but lets try and support old companys and ones that arnt trying to copy things or make cheap products.