Reviews

Graphite Audio CLASSIC 100 Isolation Platform on Vumetre

"But here, all you have to do is place a piece of equipment you know very well on this platform to realize that something special is happening. What strikes you straight away is the sense of calm and contemplation. It’s as if we’ve lowered the residual noise threshold of the installation. Everything is more serene, more composed. The silences are more deeply felt. As a result, the level of dramatic intensity of the reproduction is increased. And, of course, the dynamic behaviour is affected, with acceleration that’s more forthright but also smoother. Generally speaking, the sound is smoother and more fluid. It would seem that this platform also has repercussions on the quality of the sound architecture, with a wider, more evenly distributed soundstage and much more distinct backgrounds. Sharpness in the sense of depth is greatly improved."

Vumetre

Graphite Audio Classic 100 Ultra Isolation Platform on Positive Feedback

"Before we get to the facts, I will tell you it's a great high-end tool for extracting resolution from recordings. The percussion and double bass had more depth with it and were shown in a more interesting and engaging way than when the player stood on the top shelf of the Finite Elemente rack. While the table itself is excellent, the carbon "Heavy Duty" shelves also do their job. And yet, it can always be better."

Wojciech Pacuła

HighFidelity.pl reviews IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones

"WHAT SYSTEM would the IC-35 Premium cones fit? Well, any system – but a good one. They give warmth, a velvety character, they also give high energy. The sound is saturated with emotion and "stormy" with them, if I may say so; stormy in the sense that there is a lot going on in front of us, in the window between the speakers, sounds are swirling around, creating a large, "electrically" charged musical message.

However, the cones have their own "agenda". They warm rather than brighten up sound, accentuate the low midrange more than its higher part. They let low bass resound, though without clear definition at its very bottom. They show the high treble with energy, but also with a velvety attack. They are consistent and internally coherent in all this. It's a well-thought-out type of musical message, selected on the basis of listening sessions, which gives records mass, weight and, ultimately, sense."

Wojciech Pacuła, highfidelity.pl

Lite Magazin reviews and recommends Graphite Audio CLASSIC 100 Isolation Platform

"Die Graphite Audio Classic 100 erweist sich als überaus wirkungsvolles Tuning-Tool gegen Gerätevibrationen und externe Erschütterungen. Die Basis bringt jene Ruhe in die Musik, die sie bereits durch ihre optische Gravität ausstrahlt. Dadurch gewinnt die Wiedergabe an Stimmigkeit und Natürlichkeit, aber auch an Klarheit und Durchhörbarkeit. Hiervon profitiert die Wiedergabe in allen Bereichen: Instrumente und Stimmen erlangen mehr Körperlichkeit und Sonorität. Die Abbildung ist stabiler, die dreidimensionale Darstellung definierter und die Räumlichkeit intensiver. Das Plus an Präzision bewirkt auch einen größeren Detailreichtum und einen Zugewinn an Dynamik. Dies sorgt für mehr Lebendigkeit und Frische."

"The Graphite Audio Classic 100 proves to be an extremely effective tuning tool against device vibrations and external shocks. The base brings the peace into the music that it already radiates through its optical gravity. As a result, the reproduction gains in coherence and naturalness, but also in clarity and audibility. This benefits playback in all areas: instruments and voices gain more physicality and sonority. The image is more stable, the three-dimensional representation is more defined and the spatiality is more intense. The increase in precision also results in greater detail and an increase in dynamism. This ensures more liveliness and freshness. "

Volker Frech, Lite Magazin

Graphite Audio CLASSIC 40 Isolation Platform review by Soundrebels.pl

"And without to much ado, we must confess, that this influence is present, as applying the platform under the amplifier as well as the sound source, resulted in imprinting such a clear and undisputable signature on the final sound, that nobody with working senses, especially ears, would negate it."

First of all, the sound was more rounded, and thus offered a higher level of saturation, which is often expected. Secondly, due to this approach all kinds of “sound generators” gained energy, and by that I mean the instruments and vocals. And thirdly, a feedback of the two items mentioned above, was better concentration of the system on bringing the virtual stage closer to the listener, something that is very often desired by the music lovers, as it increases the impression of the musicians being in their listening rooms."

Soundrebels

HighFidelity.pl reviews CLASSIC 100 ULTRA Isolation Platform and keeps it in the reference System (Engilsh review)

"The CLASSIC 100 ULTRA platform is a perfect product. It offers somewhat different sound than its competitors, although it's generally about the same thing – higher resolution. The Polish platform weighs down the bass and low midrange, as well as enlarges sound sources. However, it also builds a deeper and more three dimensional stage, thanks to which this enlargement is not tiring, but interesting – it results in completely new, much better vividness."

"I LIKED THE POLISH PLATFORM A LOT in every respect. So, it has become part of my reference system."

Wojciech Pacuła, highfidelity.pl

HighFidelity.pl reviews CLASSIC 100 ULTRA Isolation Platform and keeps it in the reference System (Polish)

"CLASSIC 100 ULTRA jest doskonałym produktem. Oferuje dźwięk nieco inny niż produkty konkurencji, choć chodzi generalnie o to samo – o wyższą rozdzielczość. Polska platforma dociąża bas i niski środek oraz powiększa źródła dźwięku. Ale też buduje głębszą i bardziej trójwymiarową scenę, przez co to powiększenie nie jest męczące, a interesujące – buduje zupełnie nową, znacznie lepszą plastykę."

"POLSKA PLATFORMA BARDZO mi się spodobała, pod każdym względem. Została więc częścią mojego systemu referencyjnego."

Wojciech Pacuła, highfidelity.pl

Mono and Stereo awards IC-35 Premium with 2023 Best Buy Product accolade!

Matej Isak, the founder of Mono and Stereo thoroughly tested Graphite Audio IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones and awarded us with Best Buy Product Accolade!

"What the Graphite Audio IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones achieved was beyond expectations. They introduced a newfound sense of reality, creating a Caravaggesque canvas density, portrayed in a much more captivating manner than when compared with their absence."

"The IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones uniquely encapsulate and tame unruly oscillations that threaten to distort the purity of the sound. As a result, the sound becomes clearer and more refined, breathing life into the music, captivating the listener's emotions, and leaving an indelible impression."

"Graphite Audio's IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones lend soundness to the foundation upon which audio equipment rests and surprisingly bring wholeness and an ingrained order to the nature of the music."

"Considering all these factors, I am delighted to award Graphite Audio IC-35 Premium Isolation Cones with the Mono & Stereo 2023 Best Buy Product accolade."

Matej Isak, Mono and Stereo

CIS-35 Cable Isolation Stands Review by HifiKnights.com

"The Graphite Audio CIS-35 used under speaker cables in my system (not only my own LessLoss ones but also ones by Soyaton and Bazodrut) performed just such a function – they limited sound energy losses. I hope it is obvious, that they did not add any energy to the sound by themselves. What they did was enough for the music to sound fuller, richer, more lively, and therefore more true. Let me repeat it once again – these are not big changes, but once you hear them they can be sufficient to consider the purchase of the Graphite Audio CIS-35 just for them."

"The best way to appreciate what they (CIS-35 Cable Isolation Stands) can do for your system’s performance is to install them in your rig under selected cables for a longer period of time and then remove them. If it turns out that without them the sound lost some energy, tightness, precision, that you miss something that you may even have problems defining, that listening to music got just a bit less enjoyable, less immersive, you will have an answer to the question of whether it is a worthy addition to your system."

Marek Dyba, HifiKnights.com

IC-35 Isolation Cones review by HifiKnights.com

"It didn’t matter whether it was a source component or an amplifier, whether it featured tubes or transistors, the Graphite Audio IC-35 did their „magic” every time."

"With LampizatOr, although I have never had any objections to this aspect of its performance, this better internal organization of the presentation also concerned space, both the acoustics of recordings and drawing individual large, tangible phantom images using a slightly sharper line, so to speak. The IC-35 used simultaneously under the Allnic Audio and Pacific had additional benefit of the loudspeakers disappearing from the room in an even more convincing way."

Marek Dyba, HifiKnights.com