compared to the martin i had for twenty years and just sold, if i pushed the great quantity of air it was capable of taking through my mark vi, the vi would shut down and go home. i prefer the right pinky cluster on my buffet sda to that of my vi. i have owned two others, a vii, and an sba, so la re. I am convinced that a few negative reviews are the result of badly set up instruments, because a proper-playing S1 is undeniably a great, great sax. Why are many people incapable of doing this? 'Course It takes time, but no more than any other instrument, it just takes a while to work out the mechanical interdependencies. Unsurprisingly they do not play well if set up is sloppily done. They can deliver as much power as you wish, with tonal characteristics adapted to the mouthpiece used. Actually they are capable of taking a huge amount of air and respond correspondinly. And it stays in adjustment nicely.The keywork is fine, the thumb-rest too small and requires quite thick corking in the 'hook'.They do not choke up with a proper set up, nothing could be further from the reality. Actually, I have had several Bufet S1s, and the problem seems to be that people are incapable of setting them up properly.Get rid of micro-leaks, adjust the springing suitably, the adjuster screws and the adjuster barrels, and it they play exceptionally.Neither warm nor bright, they are the most neutral, natural, wide-open-window sounding of saxes I have tried.Intonation and scale is spot on, and the mechanism, whilst differently organised than Selmers etc., works well once properly adjusted.
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