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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

zuben el genub said:
Between kid and the Vulcan, that was the story for years in a car. It got to be a pain with the damn electric windows. The Vulcan could hit all of them.

She drove a school bus for a while, and would wait until the bus was straining to go uphill and let go.
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When we were kids, we were HELL on our bus drivers. Maybe it's because I'm older now, but, it's good to hear that she gave the kids something back... love it. LW
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Babies that scream and nobody does a damn thing about it. Can't sleep. Can't think just scream SCREAM EEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK
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My solution for screaming babies on planes, buses and trains...
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Noise cancelling headphones. :thumbup:
 
mikedt, your solution for crying babies is so obvious that it would be ignored (or missed) by most of us. sfbb, it's time to look for some Bose (or equivalent) noise-cancelling headphones... may the bird of headphone paradise bring Bose blessings - LW
 
Babies can be very noisy, especially on public transport, usually because they're tired, hungry, need changing, etc..these things happen. What I like about Bose QuietComfort, is that they kill most of the low-frequency ambient sound as well, like jet engines and road rumble. Not cheap, but I've been doing a lot of travelling this year, on planes, trains and buses....been to the UK three times this year, probably Aeroflot's best customer....LOL 12 hours by bus to Beijing or Hohhot.

Almost nobody travels by boat or ship in Mongolia.
 
Yikes! I meant to say 550-600 for theater tickets for a family of four! Thats ridiculous! We could fly to NY and get some promotional discount from our Hotel and see it on Broadway for the same price..or at least close!! so stupid!
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luckily there is plenty to do here...we have great Museums..the BEST sports teams:D and lots of recreational and cultural activities...I can't see shelling out 600 to see Wicked!
 
huh said:
Yikes! I meant to say 550-600 for theater tickets for a family of four! Thats ridiculous! We could fly to NY and get some promotional discount from our Hotel and see it on Broadway for the same price..or at least close!! so stupid!
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luckily there is plenty to do here...we have great Museums..the BEST sports teams:D and lots of recreational and cultural activities...I can't see shelling out 600 to see Wicked!
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I can't see shelling out $600 to see anything.
 
Dngrsone said:
The only problem with this is cost.
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Yeh, they're not cheap at all. But on the other hand I found they can make a major difference for my comfort and relaxation. They're usually the headphones of choice amongst frequent air travellers, instead using earbuds or those dreadful $1 things that the airlines dish out, that you have to hand back at the end of the flight. :rolleyes: I'm a frequent traveller myself.


BTW did I tell anyone about this 18 hour layover in Moscow...
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Do those earphones cancel noise even if you don't have them plugged in?

The Vulcan uses an older pair when he's working with any noisy tool, lawnmower, grinder, etc. He cut the wire off.

I can't use ear buds. That's another reason they look interesting.
 
zuben el genub said:
Do those earphones cancel noise even if you don't have them plugged in?

The Vulcan uses an older pair when he's working with any noisy tool, lawnmower, grinder, etc. He cut the wire off.

I can't use ear buds. That's another reason they look interesting.
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Workers with poser tools that make loud noises should always wear some kind of ear protection. In 10 years they'll be deff. Much like many of the high school kids I know. They listen to loud music. Like loud loud. They can't hear anything and they aren't even 20
 
zuben el genub said:
Do those earphones cancel noise even if you don't have them plugged in?

The Vulcan uses an older pair when he's working with any noisy tool, lawnmower, grinder, etc. He cut the wire off.

I can't use ear buds. That's another reason they look interesting.
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They're self-powered rechargeable, don't have to plug-in. In fact I've used them like that....just so I can get some peace and zzzzzzz.
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Workers with poser tools that make loud noises should always wear some kind of ear protection. In 10 years they'll be deff. Much like many of the high school kids I know. They listen to loud music. Like loud loud. They can't hear anything and they aren't even 20
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Guys like Dr. Dre and the other developers of Beats Audio can kiss my @$$; I've been a professional musician most of my life, but, I played in bands where guitarists were allowed to get their 'tone' for close-miking (loud, but not overly so - for 'clean' and 'dirty' sounds); bass players were 'line-in' through a direct box to the mixer; vocalists were miked and had monitors to hear themselves; keyboard guys had their own amplification (and direct boxes that connected them to the mixer, or, the 'mains'). The general idea was to keep the stage volume down, and let the 'mains' part the listeners' hair down the middle :rofl: ... in the bands that I played in that were loud on stage, I wore ear plugs. I still have near-perfect pitch at the age of 52, and no ear damage or tinnitus. This is probably one of the reasons I never became a national success :rofl:, plus, I was a partier for most of my career. Now, I'm clean, sober, and unknown... yet, my hearing is still okay. I still have dreams of making it in the music biz, even now. Wish me luck - LW
 
Dr. Dre is just a marketing thing. If you want pristine quality, I would go for something like Sure, or shure or something headphones. Their like $1,000 but they specialize in quality headphones. Best audio I know of.
 
LOveWerks said:
Guys like Dr. Dre and the other developers of Beats Audio can kiss my @$$; I've been a professional musician most of my life, but, I played in bands where guitarists were allowed to get their 'tone' for close-miking (loud, but not overly so - for 'clean' and 'dirty' sounds); bass players were 'line-in' through a direct box to the mixer; vocalists were miked and had monitors to hear themselves; keyboard guys had their own amplification (and direct boxes that connected them to the mixer, or, the 'mains'). The general idea was to keep the stage volume down, and let the 'mains' part the listeners' hair down the middle :rofl: ... in the bands that I played in that were loud on stage, I wore ear plugs. I still have near-perfect pitch at the age of 52, and no ear damage or tinnitus. This is probably one of the reasons I never became a national success :rofl:, plus, I was a partier for most of my career. Now, I'm clean, sober, and unknown... yet, my hearing is still okay. I still have dreams of making it in the music biz, even now. Wish me luck - LW
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sfbloodbrother said:
Dr. Dre is just a marketing thing. If you want pristine quality, I would go for something like Sure, or shure or something headphones. Their like $1,000 but they specialize in quality headphones. Best audio I know of.
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Beats Audio is definitely overrated (and overpriced). A few days ago, a co-worker asked me to compare audio quality with his Beats Solo headphones to my SOL Republic Track HD headphones with my phone. My SOL Republic's were definitely superior.
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Dr. Dre is just a marketing thing. If you want pristine quality, I would go for something like Sure, or shure or something headphones. Their like $1,000 but they specialize in quality headphones. Best audio I know of.
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Shure makes good stuff; so does Bose, AudioTechnica, Sennheiser, and many others too numerous to list here... but, Beats Audio is explicitly designed to create a 'smiley face' on a graphic EQ: heavy bass and low mids, lower mids and mid-highs, and heavy highs (frequencies). In other words, it's designed for hip hop, rap, and house music. Music to bump with. Personally, I prefer Bose for high-end $, and AudioTechnica for easier-on-the-pocketbook expense, but good quality. LW
 
LOveWerks said:
Shure makes good stuff; so does Bose, AudioTechnica, Sennheiser, and many others too numerous to list here... but, Beats Audio is explicitly designed to create a 'smiley face' on a graphic EQ: heavy bass and low mids, lower mids and mid-highs, and heavy highs (frequencies). In other words, it's designed for hip hop, rap, and house music. Music to bump with. Personally, I prefer Bose for high-end $, and AudioTechnica for easier-on-the-pocketbook expense, but good quality. LW
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I tried out my friends shure headphones before and instantly fell in love with them. I haven't tried out many headphones, but those were the. Set ones I've ever had on my head.
 
sfbloodbrother said:
I tried out my friends shure headphones before and instantly fell in love with them. I haven't tried out many headphones, but those were the. Set ones I've ever had on my head.
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Shure phones are nice, if a little overpriced. SOLs can do it all, from a listening aspect... very pristine. Bose phones are very pricey... yet, they cancel the noise OUTSIDE of the phones all the way up to 15 kHz, last I heard... the Bose phones place you into your own quiet space, whether you're plugged in or not, as they're self-powered, and the computer algorithms do the rest. On airlines, they're a Godsend. Shures are nice...SOLs are pristine and accurate, but the noise-cancelling Bose phones are the elite. Beats Audio: hype for the hip hop masses :vroam: - LW
 
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