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Originally Posted by crazytrmpetnerd9  I'm a high school student who is looking to buy my first pro horn. I played all the Bach strads and liked them the best but, I played the Jupiter tribune JTR1200 and I really loved the sound and feel of it, even though it was an intermediate horn. |
Don't pay any attention to labels like "intermediate" and "professional." They exist so companies can market horns at different price points. Few high school students are "professionals" and buying a horn that the manufacturer labels as such won't make you one or make you play any better.
Buy the horn that plays the best for you. If you pay more money 'just' to get a horn that is called "professional," you've been successfully manipulated by the marketers to increase their profits at your expense.
The Tribune XO was out a few years ago -- I played some at trade fairs. I heard that Jupiter had some manufacturing issues and pulled them back to fix. Sounds like they're reintroducing the model. Only time will tell if they're really a "professional" horn.