“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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Chewing with their mouths open
people judging without…listening!
People who pass judgment on other people/places/things without any first hand knowledge for themselves.
Everyone’s in a hurry. Slow down and don’t try to push me/others down the road.
People who are obsessed with facebook
People calling the iPod Touch the iTouch
I don’t have the time to list everything, but the biggest….people who live in their own little bubble’s and forget their are others outside of it. If anything…it’s just getting worse…
Inconsideration and selfishness
When people tell you the same stories about their cats more than once.
Eating with mouth open!
Dog poo in my yard and I don’t own a dog
People who are mean or abusive to animals.
Their kids.
not letting other people talk
Someone answering their cell while you are in the middle of a conversation with them.
Not following through on promises, that’s the one most annoying thing I find about people. If you can’t do it, just say no, don’t say yes then bail!
People who complain about all the bad things other people do.
Well, the neighbors to the left are uber friendly, but the ones to the right are uber nebby, she seems to constantly have her nose in our business. I see her watching me from her upstairs window when I return home late at night.
i hate the cars, the cars that go boom!
littering
TyPiNg LiKe ThIs!1!11!
Lack of personal space combined with bad breath.
women who cuss yuck
That they don’t realize just how awesome I am.
People who talk on their cellphones while driving.
I hate when my neighbors let their dog poop in our yard and don’t pick it up!!
The most annoying thing about other people is that too many of them think that the “rules” don’t apply to them.
Healthy people that take the elevator DOWN one floor, especially when the stairs are right next to the elevator.
I have a bunch of things that rive me crazy but my new one is when I am taking a shower at the gym and the dude in the next shower over is blowing snot rockets onto the floor. Makes me sick to my stomach every time.
non-listening/dismissive
I can’t stand when people living above you are running all over the place and it sounds like a herd of elephants…at 2AM!
everyone is different and everyone has different priority at all.
Acting as though the World revolves them and being oblivious to the other 6 billion people on Earth. Most instances of lack of common courtesy is a result of this one problem.
Living in LA, I’ll say name dropping.
People’s egos
Driving badly while (talking on cell phone | texting | distracted, in general).
I just hate the overall stupidity of the average person.
And…
I hate when people argue for or against something but have no evidence to back up their claims.
Specifically in the Mac v PC Arguments….
people being/acting stupid
People who have never watched an original episode of Get Smart
Folks who try to drive and talk on their cell phone at the same time. It’s just not safe.
people that cant drive
I hate when people chew with their mouths open.
Chewing with your mouth open at a restaurant.
People who enter contests…
Tops on my list of things I find annoying about some people is those who try to make other people look bad so they look better. Or atleast they think that. I mean, come on, if you are good at something let your own actions speak. If you focus all that time you use to make someone look bad on learning or practicing what you do, you would probably get pretty darn good at it. I see this happen day in and day out in the music biz. So pathetic!
People that have seen/done everything, and have an opinion on everything
slow drivers
uneducated, ignorant, illogical, emotional, brainwashed, simple minded people, who lack the ability to handle multivariable equations, ensuring their ability to make stupid statements.
well, hope get these kicking Audioengin 5N Bamboo speakers, so i can add to my collection of made in china goods i keep.
People that speed up in the fast lane only enough NOT to let you pass them on the right….then slow back down.
People that smoke while standing next to/under the “no smoking within 50 feet” sign.