Audio Technica Asada Zakura Dynamic Driver Headphones

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£1,300.00
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Features

  • Asada Zakura Wood (Japanese cherry) housings
  • 53mm Drivers with Magnetic Circuitry
  • DLC Coating and 6N-OFC Voice Coils
  • Integrated Pure-Iron Yoke
  • D.A.D.S. (Double Air Damping System) structure for deep bass reproduction
  • A2DC Detachable Jacks
  • 9.8' Gold-Plated Detachable 1/4" Cable and 9.8' 4-Pin XLRM Balanced Connector Cable included
  • Magnesium alloy headphone arm, angled to provide the best possible fit with excellent earcup seal
  • Earpads and headband made from smooth, synthetic leather for long-lasting comfort
  • Frequency Response:   5 – 42,000 Hz
  • Maximum Input Power:   2,000 mw
  • Sensitivity:   99 dB/mW
  • Impedance:   40 ohms
  • Weight 395 g (13.9 oz), without cable

In the Box

  • Audio-Technica Consumer ATH-AWAS Closed-Back Dynamic Wooden Headphones (Japanese Cherry)
  • 9.8' Detachable 1/4" TRS Cable
  • 9.8' Detachable 4-Pin XLRM Cable
  • Limited 2-Year Warranty

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Description

Please note this item is ordered on demand from the supplier, and may take longer than our usual 2 - 4 working days to arrive.

For the housings of the ATH-AWAS over-ear wooden headphones, AudioTechnica has selected the rare Asada Zakura (Japanese cherry) wood. Renowned for its use in high-end audio speakers due to its fine acoustic characteristics and durability, the striking red Asada Zakura suppresses unwanted resonance inside the earcups for clear, natural sound reproduction. The half-gloss finish, applied by hand, accentuates the wood’s gentle grain and warm beauty.

The headphones are equipped with exclusive 53 mm drivers with powerful magnetic circuitry, integrated pure-iron yoke, DLC (diamond-like carbon) coating, and 6N-OFC (high-purity, oxygen-free copper) voice coils for exceptional full-range audio reproduction. AudioTechnica’s exclusive D.A.D.S. (Double Air Damping System), which divides the housing structure into two separate acoustic chambers, ensures smooth, accurate bass response.

The arms that hold the housings are made from a lightweight, highly rigid magnesium alloy. The arms are angled to provide the best possible fit with excellent earcup seal. The comfortable fit is enhanced by smooth, synthetic leather earpads and headband.

The headphones also feature A2DC (Audio Designed Detachable Coaxial) jacks for secure connection to the two included 3.0 m (9.8') detachable cables. One cable has a 6.3 mm (1/4") gold-plated stereo plug for use with standard audio equipment. The other cable features a 4-pin XLRM balanced connector for use with the latest high-fidelity equipment to achieve better channel separation.

About High-Resolution Audio

In Brief: The Move to Hi-Res Audio

While many listeners may believe that high-resolution audio came along with the introduction of the Compact Disc in 1982, constraints on the disc’s storage space always prevented CD audio (standardized at 44.1 kHz/16-bit) from fully and completely reproducing the original recorded sound. The advent and subsequent popularity of MP3s only made this problem more pronounced – the necessary compression of these files causes audio information to be lost, thus greatly reducing the audio quality. But with lossless audio file formats, faster Internet speeds, and storage space increasingly easy to come by (and in ever-smaller packages), the push is on to create audio equipment capable of capturing and reproducing true Hi-Res Audio, generally considered to be 96 kHz/24-bit or better. The Hi-Res Audio logo certifies that a product meets the Hi-Res Audio standards. Per these standards, headphones must have transducer frequency performance to at least 40 kHz. As a producer of these types of audiophile headphones since 1972, Audio-Technica is well-positioned to provide audio solutions that meet the demands of Hi-Res Audio media formats, allowing for the full reproduction of their extended sonic characteristics

 

Japanese craftsmanship: all Audio-Technica wooden headphones are hand-assembled in Tokyo

 

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