Originally Posted by
franz
I am only an amateur player and, even if I have been doing it for over 50 years, I have several limits compared to some of you who are much better at playing brass than I am, but I can make some considerations: Adams specifies the thickness with which he builds euph, while other brands do not. We have established that the Prestige is 0,6: Besson says that Sovereign differs from Prestige solely by the thickness of the bell. I played with that of my friend who plays with me in the band, a lacquered English made, bell in two pieces: it is much lighter than mine ( I would say 0,5 mm thickness bell ), it is more ready and responsive than my Prestige, the sixth partial is only slightly high, dark sound, a very good instrument but, in comparison, I prefer mine. In 2012, on the occasion of the international competition " Flicorno d'oro" in Riva del Garda ( my band ranked first in the first category) I had the chance to try out the Miraphone 5050 Ambassador at a stand and it made me a very good impression. I recently had the opportunity to try another one and this time it didn't satisfy me: it didn't even seem a distant relative of the one tried in 2012. Of the Adams I tried recently an E3 0,6 yellow brass, which I found fantastic, and a E1 0,6 red brass that I didn't particularly like. I had the chance to try a few other euphoniums, including a York Eminence 4052, a Willson ( I don't remember the model), a Yamaha 642, a Yamaha Neo and a Courtois 167 II: among all these I preferred the sound of the Prestige I bought. Coming soon, as a gift for my retirement, I intend ( wife permitting) to buy a beautiful Adams E3 0,7 yellow brass without trigger which, according to the clues collected in this forum, should be the ideal euph for me.