Audio-Technica Inner Ear Headphone Black ATH-CKL220 BK

After the release of the limited edition ATH-L5000, which we looked at in 2019, we were wondering if the folks at Audio Technica were going to release more closed back flagships for home use. Well, the answer is yes, and two of them! Meet the ATH-AWAS and AWKT, which you can tell apart from each other thanks to their beautiful wooden housings. The AWAS is housed in Asada Sakura Japanese Cherry wood, whereas the AWKT makes an impression with its striped Kokutan ebony wood cups. Another subtle difference between the two headphones is that the AWAS seems to use a smoother pleather material for the headband and earpads whereas the AWKT appears to feature a material with a surface grain that looks and feels closer to animal leather. For long time followers of Audio Technica, you will also notice that the company has adopted the split headband design from the ADX5000 - now that's probably a g