Apologies if I've highjacked this thread...
What are you thinking of replacing it with?
A used YTS-23. My goal was to play a "cheap" tenor for a year and then replace it with something nice (£££) once I was in a position to properly play-test a number of horns. I've come to the conclusion that what I really like is the sound of a dark sounding sax with lots of high harmonic content (e.g.
Keilwerth Shadow or
Mauriat Black Pearl), but I'm not aware of anything "cheap" that would deliver that type of sound.
I rushed into buying the BW; when I bought it, I also tried a YTS-23 and preferred its tone, but I couldn't get on with that particular instrument. I didn't think the warm tone would be that much of an issue for me, but it is. As you've found, it's possible simply not to "get on with" a particular horn. I'm sure that most people will get on with the BW fine; many people like a warm tone, but wouldn't like the brightness of the 23...
Try first with a brighter mouthpiece. Dukoff D chamber, Berg Larsen 0 chamber, Gary Sugal 106* Super Gonz II, Lawton BB .... all these mouthpieces produce brighter tones (more edge). "Baffled" mouthpieces. But it's always nice to buy a new saxophone!!
Yes, I'm sure that I could go down the mouthpiece route, but I think I really need an intrinsically brighter horn.