Audio Technica has released not one, but two new range-topping closed-back headphones this year: the $1,899 USD ATH-AWKT which I had the opportunity to review for Headfonia readers back in April; and also its little brother – the $1,399 USD ATH-AWAS – which is what we’ll be taking a closer look at today. Whereas the ATH-AWKT’s cups were made using ‘Kokutan’, a striped Japanese Ebony wood; the ATH-AWAS is hand-finished using a Japanese Cherry wood known as ‘Asada Zakura’, which gives these headphones its signature reddish-brown hue. 

So, besides costing $500 less, how does the ATH-AWAS stack-up next to its more expensive sibling? Well, for starters, it doesn’t appear to give up much in the aesthetic stakes. Aside from the colour of their respective wood, the pair do look very much like twins and appear remarkably similar at arms-length in terms of their construction and form-factor. 
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