tone problems-mouthpiece and reed combo cause?

Alright, So this is my 4th year playing sax. I play on a selmer paris series III with a jody jazz classic mouthpiece ( .78 or #6 facing) and Vandoren 3.5 ZZ reeds. Well, currently I'm woking on fixing my embouchure which is way too tight right now. But lately I've noticed that my lower register has gotten a lot of airy tone. Over the weekend I played a Meyer 5m hard rubber mouthpiece and I noticed that the lower register was a more clear tone with less airyness to it. I was wondering if maybe I bumped down to a size 3 ZZ reed and changed my mouthpiece to the meyer, I would have a better and more defined lower register. Do you all think this would help? Oh, also before people are skeptical of everything since this is only my fourth year playing...I've been in music my whole life and my parents are musicians. I have an expensive sax because my school band requires it if you are in jazz ensemble or are 2nd or 1st chair in concert band (I'm in jazz ensemble and I'm second chair as a freshman). So anyway, to all you sax gurus out there...do you think changing some things up would help?

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