A design for (battery) life
AUDIO-TECHNICA ATH-CKS50TW
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We’ve all been there. You sit down to enjoy all 15 hours of Richard Wagner’s four-part opera, Der Ring des Nibelungen, and your true wireless earbuds conk out before you’ve even got halfway through. Fortunately, Audio-Technica had fans of epic stories about dwarves, Norse gods and magic rings in mind when it made the ATH-CKS50TW buds, which last 15hrs on a charge, or 20 if you turn the ANC off. Add the charging power of the case and you’ll get a whopping 50hrs out of their 9mm drivers – perfect for enjoying The Ride of the Valkyries as many times as you like. They’re also splash-resistant, so you don’t have to worry if [spoiler alert] Brünnhilde’s demise has you in floods of tears. £150 / audio-technica.com