u/elevatebeing

Hey community, I have been trying to find a really high quality D Kurd extended 16-17 mutant for $3,000 or under for a few months now and am having a hard time.

Makers I am considering include: Elysian, Meraki, Aukin, Mag, Ziran, and Mudra.

Open to Asian and S Anerican makers.

I am open to other makers if there are some as high a quality, but have not been able to find anything $3,000 or less.

Leaf and Meraki are my favorites, but budget makes them not an option. I HAVE been perusing the facebook resale groups non stop and everyone selling what I'm looking for is asking 3000 euros and up.

Any suggestions? I am a professional musician with a sensitive ear, but currently gigs aren't paying enough to justify or help me afford what I want.

Customer support has massively gone downhill. No more phone support. I consistently cannot get through to a human through the chat AI and chat AI cannot help me with what I need. CS used to be one of the best parts of Reverb.

Hey Ya'll I'm having a bit of a life crisis and realize I am STUCK. I've been STUCK for 1.5 years now.

A series of three breakups in two years and some huge dishonesty in there + a tick borne illness wrecked me. And some betrayals from multiple creative collaborators with legal issues. Rough year.

I'm 38. Currently working very part-time for myself: 3k/ month.

I have the skillset to get a full-time job in the UX space for probably 140k+. But, really I just want to be a therapist longterm (master's level) and have my meditation teaching and music/soundbath practice with events and such on the side. I don't feel like I have enough savings for 38 years old to go back to school and start over making $0 in years 1+2 and 50k in years 3+4 on the therapy path. I know I can get to the 150k/ year level in that profession, as a current entrepreneur, but it's a 5-6 year path to that and I'll be 43/44 by the time I breach that.

Retirement: 30k

Brokerage: 81k

HYS: 15.3k

Cash: 5.5k

Debt: -15,200 (CC - no interest).

Networth: 116,897.00

Crisis: I really just want to be a psychotherapist, but don't see how I'll be finanically viable for a family and the comfort I desire. It's also when I feel most aligned, happy and myself.

I missed 9 years of work to debilitating chronic illness (2010 - 2017 + 2020 + 2025). So I feel way behind financially for my age. AND, I want to be financially prepped for a family and comfortable. Trying to figure out how to save 200k-250k by 41 for a family and get a masters at the same time.

I'm considering getting a UX salaried role for 1-1.5 years, and starting grad school in 1-1.5 years after really trying to save another 40-50k. Then doing part-time freelance work in school.

I guess I'm nervous if I get the job, I'll give up on my dreams and not want to lower my salary for what I actually like doing.... and that I'll get slowly miserable in that role. I cannot see a different path right now other then saving hardcore for a year then going back to school. Thoughts?

Hey Handpan Community,

I need to get a high quality handpan for summer gigs. I'm a sound journey and live-looping artist who does sound journeys, soundbaths and slow flow dances.

If I had it my way, I'd pre-order exactly what I want and wait, but I need something within 2 weeks for unexpected gigs and have done about 8 hours of research into what's available.

Options and looking for some feedback. (All used and local to me)

Meraki D Kurd 17 - $3,100

Tacta E Kurd 20 - $3,000

Ayasa D Kurd 10 - $2,200 (I like a lot of notes or this might be a no brainer)

Soundsculpture D Kurd 18 - $2,700 (ideal but quality lower? Not Oasis. Is how it reads.)

I'm leaning towards the top two. I prefer D Kurd to E Kurd, but the Tacta "might" be better quality. The soundsculpture is ideal for notes and price, but the quality seems lower. Hard to say.

LBP Lucky Bell Handpan: have an F# Pygmy 21 in my price range. They sound good on video, but overall it seems review wise, the quality is lower?