I bought Amazon's cheapest handpan to see if it's worth it

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  @HandpanWithAmy · 2 years ago · pinned

  🛸 this is SUCH a quickly changing market that I can&apos;t possibly cover everything in this video, and will likely update as things change and advance. But as some have already noted, it seems I kinda lucked out on this handpan, as it wasn&apos;t as bad as i thought it might have been.<br>I know handpans arent super accessible. Yet. The cheaper market is not a good alternative. I hope for that to change. Somehow.

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  @ralphhathaway-coley5460 · 2 years ago

  For most of us &apos;poors&apos; it is a case of saving for a cheap one, or never having one at all. Sad but true.

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  @lynnbrewer444 · 1 year ago

  If you have never played - I would never pay $2,000 as my first one.

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  @AerikArkadian · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m so torn at the pros and cons of these &quot;cheap&quot; instruments, but I think the biggest pro is making them accessible for everyone to play and try to get a little joy out of music. Not everyone can afford to drop $1000 just to see if they enjoy something.

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• CA

  @CaroleMcDonnell · 1 year ago

  My friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and going through chemo. She bought a $45 handpan to play for her sense of peace. She loved it so much that she recommended it for me. I have the same one for my son. Music is often a great meditative gift to the sick or the disabled.

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  @SalimSivaad · 2 years ago

  As a multi instrumentalist, that Amazon handpan sounds <b>PERFECT</b> for my purposes. I don’t aspire to virtuosity on any of my instruments, I just need access to the sounds…so it doesn’t need to be of the exacting standards of a professional who specializes in that instrument. It just needs to be playable and sound good enough in a mix with other instruments.

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  @EduanSteenkamp · 1 year ago

  250 pounds is about 2300 Chinese Yuan. &nbsp;That is a months rent in China for an apartment in a small city. &nbsp;It really put things into perspective. &nbsp;I am a music teacher at a Beijing International school. &nbsp;You would be surprised at the high quality of some of these instruments when you buy at the right places locally in China. &nbsp;My addiction of buying and teaching new instruments is a blessing and a curse, but oh it is fun. &nbsp;Next up is the handpan.

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  @theweirdgiraffe4323 · 1 year ago

  there&apos;s worlds of people that you would never know exist, if not for finding a video on youtube....an amazing world we live in

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  @elChulachaki · 1 year ago

  When they are playing together..i honestly think the inexpensive pan sounds really nice.

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  @xOubax · 2 years ago

  I bought my first handpan off Temu, returned it within a week as it was out of tune. Bought my second off Amazon, returned that one in a week as it was out of tune as well. My third handpan was bought from Yataopan based out of Germany (I&apos;m in Canada) which is Malte Marten and friends company and it was beautiful and for the most part sounded amazing but the low note was out of tune i was going to give up as i thought id never get one that was in tune and this one had cost me $2k so my nerves were shot &nbsp;BUT to my delight and amazement Yatao sent me a replacement it took 5 months as. I had to wait for the next batch to be manufactured but I&apos;m happy to say that it&apos;s in tune and sounds beautiful, yay!

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  @pjeffreypwong · 8 months ago

  Sorry but I gotta agree that to us non-players, I won’t be the only one who still thinks the “cheaper” one sounds great, especially when we aren’t that bothered by the nuance and the minor dissonance. And what more important is, I am convinced that what makes the biggest difference is the players. You two made the cheap one sounds great hands down. And no amateur can make it sound any better on a $2000+ pan than any pro like you on a cheaper one. It’s the arrangement, the sense of rhythm, and the virtuosity that matters most to the listeners.

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• CA

  @carlaeskelsen · 9 months ago

  I don&apos;t play handpan (yet) but after dozens of stringed instruments, I was surprised to hear that they could go out of tune.

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