[marc]

Yeah, I think they are similar. Maybe not as bright but close. I honestly haven't play tested them back to back with other reeds so I don't have a good sense yet on how they compare to Rigotti Gold, Roberto's, BSS, etc....... Rigotti is definitely the brightest and BSS the darkest. I'm not sure where the SYOS reeds fit in there. Maybe I need to do another reed comparison review.........

Indeed, based on my experience the SYOS Arcane are very high quality reeds, a bit darker than the Rigotti Gold. A very good reed to try IMO.