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What is the essense of a great speaker? I found this review of the Tetra Manhattan speakers, expenseive but still a really great set of speakers.
A speaker that is a biggest selling product—and with good reason. The Tetra 120U is a small, relatively inexpensive speaker that was designed for home theater, but it’s so good that many clients purchase it for their two-channel systems, often replacing much larger, more expensive speakers. The Tetra 120U sells for $1800/pair ($900 each). The 120U is Tetra’s first truly universal speaker, one that delivers great sound on any type of music or soundtrack. It can be used in two-channel or for a surround system. You may use the 120U for just the rears, for the fronts and rears (perhaps with a Tetra 505C center) or for every speaker in a 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 configuration.
Tetra Speakers, Inc. is an Ottawa, Canada-based company with long roots in the music industry. They have been designing and manufacturing speakers for the past twelve years, and the President / Designer worked in the audio industry for many years before that. Although Tetra has spent very little money on marketing over the years, they have managed to get their name in every major audio publication and web site with many positive reviews, awards, and other accolades. The Tetra 120U won the Audiophilia Best of Show award. It is also our choice for the best speaker for the money of every speaker in every line we sell (which is several hundred). In fact, it’s the best speaker we’ve ever heard for the money, and we’re not the only ones who think so…
Musicians Who Have Fallen for Tetra
Over the years a number of professional musicians, producers, and recording and mastering engineers have fallen in love with the Tetra sound. The reason they all give? Because it really sounds like music. When Benny Golson first heard the Tetra 506 speakers he was literally jumping up and down exclaiming, “I’ve played with Coltrane hundreds of times, and that is what he sounds like! THAT is what he sounds like!”
Herbie Hancock fell in love with Tetra speakers several years ago and has a complete 7.1 Tetra setup in his home theater and a 5.1 setup in his recording studio. He recently upgraded his recording studio from the 506 mains to the new flagship 606 mains. He used the 506s in his studio for the making of his Possibilities CD, and he has donated that speaker back to us to help raise money for cystic fibrosis research. (If you are interested in purchasing this unique, signed pair of speakers, see our web site for more information.)
Ron Carter also purchased the 506s and recently upgraded to the new ($33.3K) 606 speakers. When Ron—the most recorded bass player of all time, with over 2500 albums and CDs to his credit—first heard these speakers in his home, he remarked not only on the sound of the speakers, but how well they reproduced the hall he recorded in. He couldn’t believe that they reproduced not only the instruments but everything that was going on in the room so perfectly. He was astonished.
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