You don't have to spend $50 on the pro series reeds to feel a difference, boysen also make power reeds that are a bit cheaper. Vito's makes carbon flex reeds that cost $30, I have ran them myself before and felt a noticable improvement over the stock reeds. I'm usually the first person to say spend the extra money and don't cheap out, but in this case I recommend gettin the boysen power reeds or vitos carbon flex reeds and savin yourself $20 !