“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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Judging people before getting to know them. Also, people who are inconsiderate to wait staff.
The MOST annoying thing is idiots that run the red light right in front of you.
stupidity
I can’t stand it when people’s iPods aren’t organized. 3 listings for the same artist because it’s spelled differently each time?!?! AAHHHHH!!!!!!!
Ignorance. Plain and simple.
people who feel entitled, more important than others because of their money, fame, job, …
Intolerance
The thing I find most annoying in people?
INTOLERANCE!
Personal space – when a person stands uncomfortable close and talks to you – man, that makes my skin crawl
Letting their kids run wild in public places annoying other people and not doing
anything about it or getting mad if you ask them to control their kids.
Know it alls
when my neighbor decides to redo his whole front yard at 7 in the morning and uses FREAKIN gravel machine really! yeah so I need these speakers A Lil payback With Rob Zombie as my weapon haha.
Not paying attention, just sitting there in their car when the light turns green.
I hate it when people (like my neighbor and there ghetto friends) smoke cigarettes and throw the butts on my lawn. Seriously
People who talk loudly on cell phones while sitting down at a restaurant
Bad drivers bother me more than just about anything else in this whole, effed-up world. It pisses me off every time I see someone driving even a little recklessly because, what, maybe they think they are just so cool they can’t be bothered to just follow a few traffic laws? I don’t know what their problem is, but let me tell you, my life is worth more to me than them showing off for a girl so they can get laid tonight or whatever the motivation is.
They spit and throw small stuff like gum wrappers on the street. The leftovers of the cigarettes too.
Smokers who toss the cigarette butts on the ground, in flower pots, in flower beds, etc. Find an ashtray, kids.
Pontification. Drives me crazy!!
I hate Hypocrites.
When their kids play on your lawn or with your kids playground/toys without asking
unpunctually
Misinformed people with opinions. So many people, so little time.
People who overreact before thinking about what they’re reacting to.
Noisy neighbors! lol
Disrespect.
Gaseous spewing in a public place… (Such as gym class!)
People and cell phones. Pretty much everything they do annoys me. Whether it’s inappropriate places, like cars, nice restaurants, restrooms; or just bad social behavior, like suspending a conversation with the person standing next to you for 10 minutes while you talk on the phone! Cell phones are destroying our sense of what’s socially appropriate.
People that doesn’t close the door after they leave
Chewing with their mouth open.
Inconsiderate people. My neighbors when they think they can use the street in front of my house as their own personal parking lot.
Neighbors who play their music loud at all times of the day… or rude people.
Drivers who end up parked in the intersection when the light changes, then look at you like you’re crazy when you try to break in line while our light is green.
These will really bring out the mid-range in my Kenny G. albums.
Inpatient people. We got all the time we want. 🙂
People who don’t say thank you when you do something nice for them (hold open a door, pull out a chair, etc.)
Not being considerate of others.
People who talk to close
People who are completely oblivious to how their actions affect the people around them, such as smokers (especially those smoking in front of “no smoking” signs), Microsoft developers, and people who vote Republican.
Second rate bloggers who use beautiful women and awesome give-aways to drive traffice 😛
so called news “journalists”
Constant Bickering
I def want this.
People that can’t or won’t speak clearly.
Bluetooth earpieces and ignoring the folks you are transacting with.
Nothing like having someone walk up to the front counter of my store and have complete disregard for an interaction other than holding out a credit card and snatching it, and the bag of merchandise back when the transaction is complete without even acknowledging your existence by asking the person on the line to hold a moment while you at least greet the person who is taking care of you.
Lack of common courtesy is an epidemic, yo !
It’s annoying when people take up the left side of the escalator. Just like driving, the left is always used for passing.
Lack of though about others.
People who dont think about anyone else
Talking (or texting) on cell phones while driving.
bad driving