Audio-Technica ATH-WP900 Portable Over-Ear Maple-Wood Headphones

Description

ATH-WP900

• Maple
  housings fuse thin slice of flame-grain maple on top of solid, machined
  maple for stiff, dense housings that look as good as they sound

• The
  flame maple finish, provided by Japanese guitar manufacturer Fujigen,
  brings out the unique grain of each housing for a beauty that will deepen
  with age

• Exclusive
  53 mm drivers with powerful magnetic circuitry deliver exceptional
  full-range audio

• DLC
  (diamond-like carbon) coating applied to diaphragms to improve
  high-frequency response

• Top-mounted
  PCB construction helps regulate airflow to enable precise diaphragm
  movement

• Angled
  baffle improves airflow between the front and rear of the diaphragm for
  better low- to mid-range audio reproduction, and helps seal the earcup

• Two
  detachable 1.2 m (3.9′) cables with A2DC (Audio Designed Detachable
  Coaxial) connectors at the headphones: one with a 3.5 mm (1/8″)
  gold-plated stereo mini-plug, the other with a 4.4 mm (1/6″), 5-pole
  gold-plated balanced plug

• Earpads
  and headband are made from smooth, synthetic leather for long-lasting
  comfort

• Swivel-flat
  design enables headphones to easily be transported in included carrying
  pouch

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

The ATH-WP900 portable over-ear headphones feature beautiful
flame maple housings for high-fidelity on-the-go listening and high aesthetics.

Maple is a stiff, dense wood often used to make string
instruments such as guitars and violins. Here, we’ve fused a thin slice of
flame-grain maple on top of solid, machined maple to produce housings that
ensure clear, natural sound quality. The flame maple finish, provided by
Japanese guitar manufacturer Fujigen, brings out the unique grain of each
housing for a one-of-a-kind beauty that will deepen with age.

The headphones are equipped with exclusive 53 mm drivers
with powerful magnetic circuitry, DLC (diamond-like carbon) coating, and
top-mounted PCB construction for exceptional full-range audio reproduction. A
specially designed angled baffle improves airflow between the front and rear of
the diaphragm for better low- to mid-range audio reproduction, and also
optimally positions the earcups over the ears for improved comfort and sound
containment.

The headphones also feature A2DC (Audio Designed Detachable
Coaxial) jacks for secure connection to the two included 1.2 m (3.9′)
detachable cables. One cable has a 3.5 mm (1/8″) gold-plated stereo
mini-plug for use with smartphones and standard audio devices. The other cable
is equipped with a 4.4 mm (1/6″), 5-pole gold-plated balanced plug for use
with high-resolution digital audio players and balanced-compatible headphone
amplifiers.

The earpads and headband of the ATH-WP900 are made from
smooth, synthetic leather for long-lasting comfort, and the earcups swivel-flat
for easy transport in the included carrying pouch.

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.

A Sound Connection

Since 2015, Audio-Technica has used the specially designed
A2DC (Audio Designed Detachable Coaxial) connector on all of our in-ear
headphones and select over-ear headphones with detachable cables. But why did
we develop this connector and what makes it perform better than existing
connectors​ in audio applications?