Yamaha SILENT Brass Trombone Mute, Complete System (SB5X-2)

I used to play pep band in high school, so I can easily deafen a household when I get warmed up. I'm re-learning to play, and this mute rocks.Why normal mutes are terrible: An old-school trombone mute (up to and including shoving socks in the bell!) requires impeding the airflow to deaden sound. That's fine for a trumpet which only has to move valves, but it can be a death sentence for trombone because you can't move the slide as fast. Anyone who's even a mediocre player learns to snap the trombone slide faster than a traditional mute allows. This is no fun, and is only good for certain niche cases. It's just not useful for everyday practice.Why this mute rocks: Airflow is almost entirely unimpeded. Just as a mute, this product is almost worth the price for that one function alone. But there's more! Hook up the aux cable to the box - much like a lavalier mic box on your belt - and plug in some headphones. Voila, you can hear yourself playing like you're in a concert hall. Yet your actual playing is so quiet you could almost play in the same room as people are watching television without interrupting them. It's crazy when you first hear the earbuds. It seems impossible. But it works.How good is the sound simulation: It's perfect. I use a Jiggs pBone, a plastic trombone. When I put on my headphones, what I'm hearing is a lovely brass trombone in a mid-size concert hall with a bit of echo. It's uncanny. It's entirely responsive, it works precisely with all my intonation and skill. What I'm hearing probably sounds better than what I can even play with my cheap trombone! That's great for building confidence, and doesn't cheat the player at all because it's just simulating what a good trombone should sound like given your inputs.What you get: 1 trombone mute, 1 female-to-female aux cable, 1 lavalier-style belt loop sound box, 1 set of cheap headphones. Not included: 2xAA batteries.Comments on the package: The headphones in the box are cheap gas station headphones. They're fine for a first test, and they honestly don't sound THAT bad, but they're not very comfortable or durable. You will want to switch to your own personal headphone ASAP. If you have a set of premium sound-canceling headphones so you can really drown out your surroundings and focus on your sound, go crazy. Focus on getting some in-ear phones (so they don't smack your trombone!) that are comfortable to wear for long periods, and that stay in place well.As a quick note for people who don't read manuals. Put batteries in the box. Connect the Aux from the mute to the "Mute In", then our headphones to the Phones. I think the box won't work if you set it on "Rev1" as this is the "Rev2" mute. Start with the switch ON, Rev2, and volume all the way DOWN. Play a note, and slowly slide the volume UP with a free hand. Once you can clearly hear your sound in your headphones, find a comfortable volume, then go.Overall: Absolutely amazing. I wish I could go back in time and give this to myself when I started playing, so I could practice all I wanted and not annoy my parents. Lovely mute, lovely amplifier, it's just awesome.PS: You could also use the sound out to hook your sound to some big stacks of amplifiers if you wanted to. Trombone is a loud instrument, but even so, maybe you could try out some guitar pedals?

The mute works very well (it fits both a student horn and a large bore tenor with f-attachment). The Personal Studio brings my sound (mostly) to life. There are two reverb settings: one that sounds like an open practice room and another that sounds like an empty concert hall. I've been using it for a few weeks and it has been well worth the money. The mute itself (without the personal studio) sounds a lot like the shhmute, so the reason to buy this is the option to hear yourself through the headphones.As other reviews have noted, the aux/aux cable and headphones are pretty cheap and tend to get tangled. Replacing with braided cables is a nice quality-of-life upgrade, but I've been getting along fine with the standard setup.You can still tell that you're playing into a mute. The pitch will go sharp and it will not feel as free-flowing. No mute is going to eliminate this entirely. The best mute is the one that will increase the time you spend practicing.I bought this mute so I could stop annoying my neighbors in my apartment complex. About half my daily practice sessions are between 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, and while technically allowed by the lease before 11 pm, there are other lease terms giving residents the "right to solitude." Nobody has been a huge jerk about it, but they could and I would absolutely lose that fight. It doesn't help that there are excellent acoustics between the buildings, so my playing can be heard quite clearly in the units 75 feet away (~65 decibels at my loudest volume, according to my decibel meter app). With the mute, my playing is completely inaudible outside of 15 feet.

It was my birthday, and when my wife wanted to know what I needed, this was it! I've been playing the trombone for about a year, and practice about an hour a day. We live in an apartment building, and I don't want to disturb the neighbors.I have actually purchased three (3) practice mutes, and they work fine, one better than the others, and one lighter than the others.But the Yamaha Silent Brass System mutes the trombone as well as the others, but now I can hear myself playing MUCH better! I wasn't sure whether it would be worth the money, so I didn't buy it for myself. Stupid! It's great, works fine, does the job, and I've used it every day since I got it.One thing: I replaced the ear buds they come with with a pair from my iPhone. I also bought a new micro plug that's "braided" and less flimsy. I can afford an extra 5 bucks for a better quality cord. The unit itself is what you're paying for, and I think it's well worth it.

I bought this so that I could practice my trombone at home without disturbing my wife. She says she can only barely hear me from the adjacent room, which is good. The studio/sampling feature is really nice and helps me to sound better and endeavor to sound as good as the software “makes” me sound. It also allows me to use the auxiliary jack to plug in my iPod on which I have prerecorded full band accompaniments ( a la Jamey Abersold), so I can solo alongside a full band or orchestra and hear how I sound - a really nice feature. The earbuds unfortunately are crap and barely stay in my ears. I attempted to upgrade to around the ear Sennheisers ($100), but I can’t wear them because the bell tube on my horn hits them and makes it impossible to use them. I am extremely disappointed in this, but there is physically no remedy that I can think of. I would have given this 5 stars otherwise.

Got it as a present for my husband. The sound quality is very good with the headphones provided but even better with his Sennheisers. My husband can practice very easily without disturbing neighbours or family. He loves it.

Dieses Gerät ist klar -Lt. Betriebsanleitung & Verpackung für Trompete und Horn. Nicht wie in der Produktbeschreibung ausgewiesen Posaune.

This is way better than i expected !

This was a gift for our son and he absolutely loves it