When Cindy Blackman-Santana felt the need for something sharper and brighter, though not at the expense of losing the darker jazzy side, Mantras are created as the perfect counterpart to OMs. Crashes have lower warmth and range, but start with a sharper and livelier slicing edge, very fast and open up easily, bloom luxuriously with full rich whoosh. Rides have brilliant leading edge with sharp stick response, cleverly combine its jazz and funk roots with modern, more sparklingly loud and cutting thrust, underneath the initial stick clarity is a plentiful wash adding much to the rounded presence of the ride tone with overtones complex but harmonious. Hats have softer and darker feel, sit in there comfortably enough, played closed they have subtly subdued and husky tone with less of the stick prominence of the ride, but as progressively laid in they produce thicker and meatier beat that drives from underneath rather than screeches over the top.

Istanbul Agop cymbals have ONE year warranty against manufacturing flaws, starting from date of the purchase made from Cymbal House which is the authorized dealer of Istanbul Agop.