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I see the warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship for 5 years; it doesn't guarantee that it does what it says. Check the Saxgourmet store policies on trials, returns and refunds carefully.
I am skeptical that this would work as advertised -- I don't believe air actually "flows" with any significant velocity through the horn in order to produce sound -- it's a standing wave, tightly coupled to the vibration of the reed. The reed is forced to vibrate according to whatever length of the tube is closed, depending upon which keys are depressed or not at the moment. Whatever air you blow in energizes the reed/vibrating air column system, then leaks out the open tone holes -- as sound, not jets of hot breath. I believe someone here described an experiment with a single tone from a loudspeaker piped into the neck of the sax, and all the notes were playable just by operating the keywork. There's also the well-known experiment in which you "float" a tissue over the bell, proving that air simply does not blast out the end of the horn. I think everything depends upon the energy imparted upon/maintained directly at the reed.
Now one might instead argue that the Mach 6 Neck Enhancer changes the internal geometries of the mouthpiece and/or sax neck, and therefore the resulting mix of playing frequencies ("timbre/tone/presence/projection/volume [subjective]") obtained. I find it hard to believe any of those other claims, or the explanations provided. Reminds me of the claims made in all the ads for throttle body spacers, intake swirl enhancers/turbulence inducers/reducers, open air filter element kits, etc. -- all promising "up to 70 + increases in hp".
I am skeptical that this would work as advertised -- I don't believe air actually "flows" with any significant velocity through the horn in order to produce sound -- it's a standing wave, tightly coupled to the vibration of the reed. The reed is forced to vibrate according to whatever length of the tube is closed, depending upon which keys are depressed or not at the moment. Whatever air you blow in energizes the reed/vibrating air column system, then leaks out the open tone holes -- as sound, not jets of hot breath. I believe someone here described an experiment with a single tone from a loudspeaker piped into the neck of the sax, and all the notes were playable just by operating the keywork. There's also the well-known experiment in which you "float" a tissue over the bell, proving that air simply does not blast out the end of the horn. I think everything depends upon the energy imparted upon/maintained directly at the reed.
Now one might instead argue that the Mach 6 Neck Enhancer changes the internal geometries of the mouthpiece and/or sax neck, and therefore the resulting mix of playing frequencies ("timbre/tone/presence/projection/volume [subjective]") obtained. I find it hard to believe any of those other claims, or the explanations provided. Reminds me of the claims made in all the ads for throttle body spacers, intake swirl enhancers/turbulence inducers/reducers, open air filter element kits, etc. -- all promising "up to 70 + increases in hp".