If you're jaded with most speakers continuing to sport wood veneered cabinets, you may be dismayed that no fewer than three of the headphones in this group don't just use wood in their capsules, they flaunt it. In the case of the ATH-W1000X - successor to the previous W1000 - that wood is gloss-finished American cherry and forms the capsule closures for what is a closed-back design. Hidden within, a magnesium alloy frame carries the drive unit.
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