Yamaha YTS-875 EXS Tenor Sax

I'm a professional player.
Tried this one because It is known to have the most focused and weighted tone in the yamaha range.
The saxophone is very well built and deliver a solid centered tone but from my point of view it lacks some kind of personality and it's anyway still very bright.
For the rest it has very good mechanism and a response that is quite linear but not direct and easy as other yamaha saxes. this is not necessarily a cons, maybe it has to be played a little more to be understood.
I think this is because of some resistance put in place by the E1 neck... well suited for classical and maybe bright pop and r&b sax sound.. I wouldn't raccomand it if one wishes to develop a very personal tone. Anyway a very good pro horn.

This is my retirement present to myself. I purchased this in December 2022, sorry for the delay writing a review.
As usual with Thomann it arrived extremely well protected in its original Yamaha cardboard box and then in the Thomann packaging and box.
I had it checked over by my repair tech, and set up to my specifications. I have played it for over 2 years now, and have just returned it to the the tech for a service, as there was a bit of double motion in the octave mechanism.
I have really enjoyed playing the 875EXS, so much so that I have bought a pre-used 875EXB as a back-up!
These 875EX Saxophones are really very good, and also a great price for well made, very good quality instruments. They also fit well in all genres of music, I play mine in Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Saxophone Ensembles, and Big Band.