He prefers Vandoren V12.The sound using these reeds was not what he expected.

Vandoren knocked it out of the park with these reeds!

I much prefer the Vandoren Rue Lepic reeds

As many clarinetists may expect, I have experimented with Rico Reserve as an alternative to Vandoren, and another brand I have experimented that is not as popular as either Rico Reserve or Vandoren is Marca, which has the reputation of producing not too bright and not too dark of a sound

In order to execute a purely French or German timbre, one may want to consider applying the V21 Vandoren Clarinet Reeds to either the Vandoren CL5 Masters Mouthpiece or the Vandoren M30D Mouthpiece, given the fact that their brightness and mellowness are contrary to the extreme

Much more consistent than other vandoren models (like v12) in tone quality, rich, easy to play