Moving
Pictures
March 4, 2008
Many thanks to videographer Aldo
Visaggio for adding 'Moving Pictures'
to our site. If you like to watch
check-in with Thee
Rob Fraboni (aka:606) and take a
trip down Tetra
Mobilia lane with Adrian. Our
Tetra
Story has been updated too!
Thanks for watching...
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Jimi-Come
Lately!
February 5, 2008
Tetra Speakers had the immense
pleasure of hosting a showcase
performance with
singer/guitarist/drummer etc. Jordan
John. Jordan was paired up on stage
with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Dad Prakash John on bass. Al Cross
provided a meticulous beat and rhythm
on the drums. The event was held at
Ottawa's Bass Line Station where the
slogan is..."We don't want no treble"
(heh,heh). The concert was attended
by newspaper columnist Lynn Saxberg
who subsequently positioned Jordan's
photo on the front page of the Ottawa
Citizen newspaper with the caption
"Jimi-Come Lately...21 year old
guitarist likened to legendary axeman
Hendrix". Of course we concur.
Read more about this magic moment
here... and see the
performance here...
Grammy winning producers John Capek
and Rob Fraboni with Jordan John at
Matt Thomas's www.shatteredwings.com
recording session for Schoeps
Microphones.
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Start
spreading the news...
July 17, 2007
A happy group of seven Tetra Files
made a five day trip into the heart
of NYC to spend an incredible three
days helping Dr. New York, celebrated
bassist Ron Carter, whoop it up at
70, with a few of his closest
friends. The events kicked off with a
visit to the Canadian Consulate in
New York where Ron was honored for
his 50 year contribution to music by
Consul General Daniel Sullivan.
Left to right: Dr. Ron Carter,
Daniel Sullivan (Consul General of
Canada in New York) and Adrian Butts
(Tetra Speakers) ... on guard for
Thee.
Then it was off to Carnegie Hall
where we watched & listened to
Ron work his bass off with 4
different bands that included a
quartet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne
Shorter & Billy Cobham, a trio
with Mulgrew Miller & Russell
Malone, a duet with Jim Hall all
nicely capped off with Ron's new
quartet featuring Stephen Scott,
Payton Crossley & Rolando
Morales. It was an absolute monster
night of music followed by a back
stage visit that kept us smiling all
the way back to the Hotel Beacon.
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Adrian turns the camera on
Tetra's photographer Stephen Fenn
and Herbie Hancock.
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The following morning at 9 it was back
to Ron's home where writer Mike Quinn
of Jazz Times held a listening session
with Ron and his new 606s. Read all
about it here: Listening with
Ron
A huge THANK YOU to
Ron from all of us for giving us so
much on his
Birthday. Oh- what a week!
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Maeve and Jim Merod
(who've survived sonic wars and much
more)
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READ ALL ABOUT
IT!
April 12, 2007
Our first 606 review by celebrated
BluePort Jazz recording engineer, Jim
Merod.
Read the full review at
Positive Feedback Online.
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IT'S EVOLUTION
BABY!!
March 9, 2007
We'd like to introduce you to our
newest Tetra Family Member:
Cameron Ernest Butts!!
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RON CARTER
'TALKS TETRA' WITH JAZZTIMES
November 2006
"Well, you can hear things in your
playing that you may have missed in
the (recording) session, and that can
be a real eye-opener," Carter
explains.
Read the
Article
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RELEASE OF TETRA 606
(a.k.a. Thee Fraboni)
September 17, 2006
If
good things are worth waiting for, then our
606 was certainly a long train coming.
Although the 606 took a full year of 'push
and shove' designing, it clearly breaks
through the sound barrier. Co-developed
with iconic Producer/Engineer Rob Fraboni
the 606 is Tetra’s statement 3-way
design. The Tetra team is unequivocal in
saying that the fruit of this joint design
with Fraboni is a Listening Instrument that
reconstitutes the recorded moment in its
complete splendor. For Tetra, designing
with Fraboni was like tapping into the
knowledge of most every
musical great. As we at Tetra like to
say "Rob Fraboni has absolutely been there,
done that!" In fact, we have even
respectfully dubbed our 606, what else but
'Thee Fraboni', in his musical honor. Early
adopters of the 606 (a.k.a.: Thee Fraboni)
include Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter.
Now
get on up and dance to the music!
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JOAO CARVALHO
MASTERING
August 30, 2006
One
of the finest record mastering rooms in the
world has just added our new Artet cables
to their Class-A mastering system. Recent
mastering projects for Carvalho include Our
Lady Peace, Tom Cochrane and Olivia Newton
John.
http://joaocarvalhomastering.com/news
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TETRA HAS JUST WON
THE EAR OF OTTAWA'S OWN ADRIAN
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September 2, 2006
Tetra has just won the ear of
Ottawa's own Adrian Cho of the
Impressions in Jazz
Orchestra. Tetra's new V.P. of
Business Development, Bill O'Hara,
credited Mr. Cho and his Orchestra
with 'blowing the lid off’ of
Ottawa's International Jazz Festival
this year. All I can say is....
welcome to the family,
Adrian! 
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TETRA ARTIST 001
INAUGURAL RELEASE
Milligan-Eagles
Project featuring Billy Kilson is now
available!
February 2005
Read
a full review of this CD. See milligan-eaglesproject.com
for ordering information.
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS
October 2004
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Thanks to Tetra owner Rick Lessard
and his audiophile feline
"Shmoo."
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GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA
WITH AN A-STRING IN MY HEART
September 2004
Tetra just returned from what proved to be
a once-in-a-lifetime California Dreamin'
Music Road Trip. Our mission: Celebrate a
lucky seven years in business for our Top
Tetra Dealer Audio High, and the opening of
a new location in Mountain View,
California. And open it we did. In fact, we
nearly blew the roof off! On Saturday night
Maestro Jim Merod of Blueport Jazz was at
the controls for a live 2-channel recording
of jazz greats John Hicks, Bob Magnusson
and Roy MCurdy; a lot of high-power talent
in the same room!
The
Hicks Trio was truly inspired being
together after many years apart. Legendary
jazz photographer Lee Tanner was on hand to
document the event. "I haven't enjoyed
myself this much since I last saw Zoot
Simms play!" Lee enthused. Early word from
Merod's Mastering Lair is there may be
enough first-rate material for a 2-CD set.
Scheduled for a late-2004 release,
stay-tuned here at Tetra where bleeding
edge info will always be available.
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As
if the concert wasn't enough--and it would
have been-- we packed our bags the next day
and drove for eight hours to a Labor Day
get-together with none other than Mr.
Herbie Hancock! He greeted us at the gate
to his Hollywood home/studio, and like most
audiophiles, he was quick to offer a
mini-review of the Tetra 405s he'd been
vetting for a week. "Adrian, I'm hearing
things that I knew were there but
hadn’t heard since originally
recorded!" That was a great ice-breaker!
Give you an idea… we showed up around
one in the afternoon and stayed 'til…
'round midnight.
Herbie now has a pair of Tetra Live 505LTDs
in his studio, and a high-impact and
gorgeous sounding new Tetra surround
system. Life should always be this good:
Audio High has a happy, involved new
customer to add to growing roster of happy
Tetra customers. And our heartfelt thanks
to Dave Holland for putting Herbie onto
Tetra.
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