Notabrick Ki - Wireless Speaker - Info & Review

[@philmarsh5593]

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

[@billseren8391]

I typically don't have unlimited data on my cellphone plans, so its' very useful to have the memory card to play music instead of using my data.

[@stephanm.4715]

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

[@billseren8391]

That's strange, I don't recall mine doing a ton of shaking. The tabs acted like legs for it to stay in place most of the time. I did like the sound quality, but that horrible battery life was starting to become a nuisance. Two weeks ago, I misplaced mine while on a kayaking trip, so I had to get a new one.

[@gustavorosales8667]

How do you charge it?

[@pinkfluffyunicorn2582]

Watch the video?

[@billseren8391]

USB-C cable should work fine.

[@gordblanc]

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

[@billseren8391]

I don't believe it does, unfortunately.

[@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.

[@LuigiPreciatto]

Agree.. there is no stereo sound and also there is no bass at all, loud on high and mid frecuencies, very poor bass

[@billseren8391]

oh my bad, yea it didn't have stereo sound. I can correct that.