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 and pianos this dense wood with the handsome black and 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.