Notabrick Ki - Wireless Speaker - Info & Review

Recently, I picked up the Notabrick Ki Wireless Speaker. This is a short introduction and my initial impressions of this cheaper alternative, released and available now on Amazon.

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[philmarsh]

Very useful, thanks. Good to know about the memory card use and the lack of battery life

[stephanm.]

Mine moves like crazy and always falls off where I place it, but sound quality is good for the price.

[Luxsomar]

Bill, you say (at ca. 0:55 in the video), "The Ki is 15 watt stereo sound with active extra bass..." Yeah, that's what the Amazon listing for this speaker claims, and I assume you're just reading that from there. But I'm currently auditioning this speaker, and I've found no evidence that it's stereo. (Without, that is, pairing it with another identical unit using TWS.) The carton which the Notabrick Ki comes in lists the "driver unit" as 60mm, which is plausible--and impressive. But it's NOT plausible that there should be two such drivers--to play in stereo--within this device. And if you just listen to a track with substantial stereo separation (e.g., Pink Floyd's ""Time") on the Notabrick, you can tell immediately that you're not hearing a stereo image. Hence: Mono. Furthermore, I'm skeptical about Notabrick's (and your) claim that the extra bass (which is, indeed, impressive) is "active". The feature responsible for that, which is visible on the bottom of the unit, looks and acts very much like a PASSIVE radiator. Nothing wrong with that design, IMO--I think it works great here, and I'm VERY impressed with Notabrick's sound quality and volume, especially for the remarkable price it's going for. But I'm a lot LESS impressed with its manufacturer's marketing department. And I'd suggest you take a good listen to your own Notabrick at close range...and not just during volleyball practice. Anyway, thanks for the review.

[gordblanc]

Do you know if it shuts off by itself when not in use?