Handpan/Pan Drum Comparison: Meinl Sonic Energy Steel Tongue Drum vs. RAV Vast vs. Aura Handpan

In this video we are excited to introduce some awesome new products, including the Meinl Sonic Energy Steel Tongue Drum (which retails for an amazing $299 [as of May 2024] with case and mallets), and the Meinl Handpan Stands. We compare these new Meinl tongue drums to two of our best selling products for the last 3 years, the RAV Vast (aka RAV Drum) and the Aura Handpan for our 2021 Pan Drum Comparison.

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Video Contents:

00:15 - Overview
01:04 - Pan comparison: RAV vs. Aura vs. Meinl
10:47 - Overtones of the different pans
11:47 - Handpan Stands!
15:35 - Meinl Sonic Energy Metal Tongue Drum Overview
15:48 - Meinl Tongue Drum: G major
16:29 - Meinl Tongue Drum: A minor
16:55 - Meinl Tongue Drum: A Akebono
18:43 - Meinl Tongue Drum included accessories
19:18 - Meinl Tongue Drum pricing (it's so affordable!)
19:29 - Thank you and closing thoughts

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[myjhong]

Thanks for this informative video. I have an Aura hand pan on order right now. I heard the hand pan for the first time at an Ayahuasca retreat in May...it captivated me, changed my music taste forever and resides in me. I'm 65 with 0% background in music but hope to one day make a joyful sound 😄. I am practicing beats on an upside down cooking pot for now.. Thanks again! You guys are amazing

[ComparisonLiner]

Included:
Handpan (Hang) from: 🇨🇭
Rav Vast from: 🇷🇺
Steel Tongue Drum from: 🇲🇨

[juancaminaycorre]

Thanks for this review; it's really appreciated

[ParPerDrum]

You need to compare one of our tank drums and steel tongue drum

[pekwalker]

I am completely new to all of this but, in my opinion, to my ear, the RAV Vast drum sounds more percussive and warm and the other two sound more steel or tinish. All have their own unique character and sound, but if I were to buy one, just based on sound and tone, I would go with the RAV Vast. To my ear, it's more pleasant.

[hardwire]

Please guide me to a RAV Vast in 432hz and 528hz. Are they available? Thanks so much for your help.

[vulcanizedanthony]

I want a hand pan so bad but I can't even afford a Rav 😩

[batmanonholiday]

I get your point about some surfaces sounding on handpan, but not really on rav. Do you think though that its possible to practice on a rav vast (or pulsar, kaatone, orion) and then transfer these techniques to a handpan and visa versa? I've been considering signing up for a course in a handpan school, but buying a tongue drum instead of an expensive handpan to practice at home. Will I learn playing handpan this way or are ravs drums too different in shape? I think they have the same circular arrangement of notes, so I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult.

[DavidvanD]

Great video ❤️👌🏻..is the D Celtic Rav high pitched in comparison to B ? I wanna buy my 1th Rav a bit torn between
D, B and Kurd