“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 43 – A set of Audioengine 5N Bamboo speakers!
This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Steve.
On the Forty-Third Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A set of A5N Powered Bookshelf Speakers (in BAMBOO!) !
AAARRGGHHH! If only I could enter my own contest! Damnit. Well, one of you lucky bastards is about to be taken on an audio trip to AWESOMETOWN!
I actually have a pair of the white Audio Engine A5’s, and I use them daily in my demolition job to knock down houses. These things are scary loud, and amazingly distortion free, even at ear-bleeding levels. And you’re actually getting the cooler, more expensive version of the A5’s, the Eco-friendly, $450 Bamboo model. God, I hate you.
Audioengine 5N (A5N) – All of the simple but useful features and same signature sound of the award-winning A5 wrapped in rock solid and beautifully hand-finished bamboo.
Bamboo is an excellent alternative to hardwoods and the dark bamboo used for the Audioengine A5N cabinets is not a stain, but achieved through a specialized heating process. As the wood is pressure heated, the sugar compounds inside the bamboo are “carbonized” which in turn darkens the bamboo to a rich caramel color. Awesome sound, great looks, eco-friendly, and panda-safe.
Above: That AC outlet is PERFECT for hooking up an AirPort express and blasting tunes from your home computer (via the remote app on your iPhone/iPod touch, of course!)A5N Eco-friendly features:
Made from renewable and sustainable solid bamboo – no veneers
No stains or paint used – naturally “carbonized” finish sealed with hand-rubbed water-based satin polyurethane
Other green facts and features:Audioengine products are now 100% lead-free and meet the EU’s RoHS initiative
All speaker cabinet materials use environmentally-friendly binders and resins
Formaldehyde-free adhesives are used in our cabinet assembly
All Audioengine products meet ENERGY STAR requirements in standby
Limited use of plastics in our products
Easy-to-recycle packaging
To enter: Since obviously you will annoy your neighbors (and THEIR neighbors) with the A5’s, we’re wondering, What’s the ONE THING you find most annoying/rude about other people? Winners will be picked randomly 7 days later and notified (kind of like in The Ring, only with less killing… we hope). Open to US readers only. Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein! (Oh, and be sure to enter ALL our “12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaways!)
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Bad driving such as running red lights, not using turn signals, cutting off other drivers, etc.
When they assume they know more than you about something without having first asked you what you know.
I’m going to go with the opposite of Christopher up there: when they assume that you know about something without actually telling you about it. Like, assuming that you know the intricacies of a system at a job you just started that week, or assuming that you know about an event that they never told you about. I can’t read your mind, guys. Even worse if they get MAD at you for not reading their mind.
Thank you for the giveaway!
people airing their dirty laundry on facebook or other social networks as if they it were private, but it’s there for all the world to see.
making noises when eating/drinking. Can’t STAND it. The same with heavy breathing and foot wiggling while watching the tv.
People that slam doors. Just because it’s your apartment, doesn’t mean that everyone else in the complex can’t hear it … at 4 am.
I have such little faith in the human race as a whole that I could probably sit here and write about 357 things that annoy the fuck out of me.
But I’ll stick with two and say people changing lanes without using their indicator and people who refuse to set their phones to vibrate in the library. This could also be applied to the movies, but seeing as I’m currently in the library I’ll go with that.
passive aggressiveness PERIOD.
People who don’t smoke and complain when I do. Really, what’s up with that?
Making broad assumptions about a person solely based on their looks…
Crazy driving — Without a doubt. Eek!
eating with their mouth open
When they eat tuna and leave the can out
Not looking at you when speaking to you.
People with bad breath talking too close
when people assume im their best friend when i dont really know them
Laziness.
Loud swearing in public.
When people eat more loudly than anyone ever should. It’s disgusting.
their annoying ringtones.
cell phones in restaurants
People who act as though you are not there.
When they depend too much on the freakin GPS and almost run you off the road making last minute turns.
I abhor the loud bass coming from cars these days. The bass us so powerful it makes me nauseous. How about keeping it in the house with a pair of A5Ns.
Laziness just drives me crazy.
I get quite perturbed about customers who think as long as they make it into the store before our 6pm closing time, they are entitled to spend as much time as they want keeping me from going home.
Idiotic driving.
people who know about 15% of a story or info but act as if they know 100% and are right.
Women (usually) who have to gesture with their “free” hand while talking on their cell phones. Since one hand is holding the cell phone to their ear and the other hand is gesturing frantically, neither hand is on the steering wheel!!!!
Those speakers are sweet! Annoying behavior: bad drivers, especially people turning corners with one hand holding a cell phone to the ears as they almost smash into you because they’re not paying attention. Don’t get me started!
Whatever it is that makes WONDERFUL women date @sshole guys who treat them poorly.
Using a phone while driving.
Okay, well. These speakers look incredible. So. What annoys me… I’m sorry to say (and I mean it) is this: people who habitually comment on blogs…
People who wear their bluetooth headset all the time.
“Are you talking to me? Talking to yourself? I can’t tell!”
Folks who don’t use turn signals when driving. They drive me bananas!
People who text and drive annoy me most. Especially when they believe that they’re just as safe, and that nothing can go wrong. I’d love to see people who are caught texting and driving repeatedly losing their licenses.
Lack of driving skills… especially a blinker!!
Did I win?
People who are ungrateful.
People who judge others on there look and clothing. Beautiful Speakers
People who flip-flop webhosts then tweet asking if people see their site. haha, sorry, had to…
What is really annoying to me is: when people talk on their cell phones in public like they are the only one in the room. Please tone it down!
By far, the most annoying thing about people is pervasive, egregious, aberrant stupidity.
People with absolutely no courtesy while driving…. I know, of course it’s more important for *THEM* to get where they’re going 5 seconds faster.
Talking on thier cell phones when I’m trying to talk on mine
Using their GD cell phones while completely oblivious to everything around them.
What I find rude/annoying, people that are disrespectful.
I find cell phone use while driving amazingly annoying, I’d rather be on the road with someone who blows .08 BAC than someone on a cell.
Patrons
When the person walking in front of me slips into a closing door, instead of giving it a small push to keep it open for others behind them.