Lose yourself in the experience of amazingly rich high-fidelity sound. For the housings of the ATH-AWKT over-ear wooden headphones Audio-Technica have selected the rare Japanese hardwood Kokutan (striped ebony). Long used for woodwind instruments & pianos this dense wood with the handsome black & brown stripes suppresses unwanted resonance to deliver clear natural sound reproduction. The half-gloss finish applied by hand brings out the natural beauty of the woods grain – a beauty that will only deepen with age.