I used plain old Rico royals when I had mine.
But if looking for synthetic try Fibracell.
Their quality is a bit hit and miss nowadays but you might get lucky.
Cane always worked better for me on these pieces.

 

Well your C* has a tip opening of around .080 and the V16 B7 is .108 - .110 . That's a really large jump. If you don't have much experience with larger tips, even on bari, you'll need to be careful that you don't pickup some bad habits. I'd start with Rico 2 or 2 1/2 and a lot of long tones and work my way up from there.

 

What type of bad habits would you be referring to?

I've actually gone the reverse direction going from an Ottolink STM 7 to a Selmer C**.

 

Hi, i'm using Java Red 2.5s on mine, find them really good....

 

+1

 

I have a Vandoren B95 that plays great with Fibracell and Legere Signature. The Fibracells are a bit more raucous; the Legeres are a little smoother, but I think they can be pushed harder. Not sure how/if that'll translate to the V16, but it's the best I've got.

 

Another vote for vandoren java 2.5

 

Man do I miss playing bari 😢 someday I’ll have one again.
Anyway, I really don’t get on well with synthetics...but, the Harttman Fiberreed (black and white one) was a solid choice for me, and I loved the B7 piece! Also liked the rico orange and java greens ($$$). The Harttman’s were a bit soft (I think MH was about a soft 3 in Rico equivalence) and they are quite aggressive sounding but can be tamed...though not nearly enough for a classical player.

 

I had to go back to 2.5 Royals for a while while I got the hang of the mouthpiece (which i love) I'm bouncing between Rico Royal 3.0s, Vandoren Java Red 2.5s and Rico Orange 2.5s. The Orange 2.5s sound nuts but are a tad wild. I tried Vandoren Red 3.0s for a while - but found that i was spending way too much time considering the feasibility of fainting and not enough on playing the horn. FWIW I'm using a Rovner lig

 

Another vote for Rico Royals. I use 3’s on mine.

 

I'm enjoying the V16 B7 so much, i keep thinking i should get V16s for the Alto (a5 or 6) and Tenor (T6 or 7) - but have to repeat the mantra - you are a bari player, you've got Brilharts for the Alto and Tenor and a Meyer NYUSA for for tenor - GET A GRIP (ok i can see one happening for the alto......)

that said - it took a 6 weeks to get the hang of it - i almost gave up until i went to our first post lockdown band practice and the tenor player was blowing me out of the water when i was using a Yamaha 5* - i pulled out the V16 and put him in his place

 

Is your reed sealing on the table?

Vandoren does pretty good on alto and trnor but Ive worked on a n7mber of baritone pieces with really messed up tables. I think they have a stock movement issue when pieces get that long. So check and see if you are getting a good seal. Its possible I just got some oddballs.

 

Any decent reed should be fine on that mouthpiece.

 

I have been using the V16 B9 for several years in funk and jazz groups. I am just using a Vandoren blue box 2 1/2 and it works great. I have a Legere as a back-up but really prefer the cane reed. Open mouthpiece facings work quite well with softer reeds. You will get some buzz and pop to the sound that could work well in the situation you are considering.

 

My Bari plays the best on Harry Hartmann Hemp or Carbon fiber synthetics but my alto and tenor can't stand them. I agree with the hundreds of posts on here that every sax and every mouthpiece prefers different set ups. I never thought this to be true until one day I bought the exact equivalent same brand mouthpieces in 3 different brands and same reeds for all 4 of my saxes and it was a bad waste of money bc I have to use a different reed and mouthpiece for each one....

 

I use 3 different reed on my Vandoren V16 baritone mouthpiece (B9 that I have refaced to become a B7 tip .108")
Rico organge box #3, Vandoren V16 #2, Vandoren ZZ #2. The ZZ is slightly softer, the other two are the same.

And as Sigmund451 wrote; The table on mine - and 3 other baritone V16 I have worked on - was not flat.