Yamaha YTS-480 – Honorable Mention vs Mendini by Cecilio MTS-L

The Yamaha YTS-480 – Honorable Mention and Mendini by Cecilio MTS-L make for good, if unremarkable, Saxophones at their respective budgets.

With that said, while they both should serve reasonably well, you might want to look into other options at the $3,600 and $440 price points - it's likely that there are some better alternatives available.

If you want to learn more about the Yamaha YTS-480 – Honorable Mention and the Mendini by Cecilio MTS-L, however, we prepared a summary of the information that we have:

The Yamaha YTS-480 – Honorable Mention hasn't managed to get enough recognition from sources that do high-quality hands-on testing and therefore didn't make it into any relevant roundups. That, by itself, makes it difficult to recommend.

Taking a look at the Mendini by Cecilio MTS-L, we found that it hasn't managed to perform well enough to earn a spot in any Saxophone roundups done by sources that conduct their own, high-quality, hands-on testing. That alone makes it difficult to recommend.

As a last step, we wanted to do a head-to-head Yamaha YTS-480 – Honorable Mention vs. Mendini by Cecilio MTS-L comparison of their review performance but, unfortunately, weren't able to find any review ratings on either product.