The Composer
$ 2,699.00 £ 2,249.00 € 2.499,00

YOUR MUSIC COMES ALIVE

Premium Reference Headphones

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The Composer
$ 2,699.00 £ 2,249.00 € 2.499,00

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EISA Awards 2024
Building on its engineering team’s decades of experience in headphone design, manufacturer Austrian Audio has got off to a flying start with this high-performance over-ear model. This is a reference headphone to cherish.
What Hi-Fi!
There is no denying that The Composer are excellent headphones for the money. They manage to deliver a combination of naturalness and resolution that is deeply impressive. Add excellent build and superb engineering into the equation and they become easy to recommend for those that are lucky enough to shop at this level.
Headfonics
The Austrian Audio ‘The Composer’ is an impressive high-end set of dynamic drive headphones tuned with a reference-like focus on clarity and resolution.
techradar
They can retain and reveal an extraordinary amount of detail and are just as attentive to the transient, fleeting elements of a recording as they are the broad stroke.
Sound Advice
It can take the listener deep into both performance and recording, and provides a compelling experience that’s as rewarding as it is intriguing, always revealing something new even in familiar tracks.

Immerse yourself in the art of sound.

The Composer is a premium reference headphone designed for connoisseurs and professionals to hear their music in its finest form.

These headphones deliver spacious yet precise high frequencies and faithful and swift bass impulses at remarkably low THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) levels, ensuring an incredibly revealing listening journey that sets new standards in high-end listening.

The adjustable headband employs a mesh material to release heat and avoid perspiration, and the design weighs in at under 400 grams. Tiltable earcups enable four positions to help achieve a flawless fit. The cables attach directly to the headband to protect the ears from undue strain.

Made in Austria.

Best in combination with the Austrian Audio Full Score one headphone amplifier.

Key Features

  • New Hi-X Driver Design
    • New 49mm driver design featuring a diaphragm coated with diamond-like carbon
  • Banana Jack Connector
    • Nonproprietary banana jack connector on heaphone
  • 3x Detachable Cable
    • 1x balanced 4pin XLR 3 m
    • 1x balanced 4.4 mm Pentacon 1.4 m
    • 1x 3.5 mm jack 3 m including 6.3 mm adapter
  • Adjustable and tiltable Earcups
    • Easily replaceable thanks to magnetic connection
  • Fully Servicable
    • The Composer can be 100% serviced
  • Made in Austria
    • Engineered and manufactured in Vienna/Austria

 

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Technical Specifications

  • Construction Over ear, open back
  • Frequency range 5Hz - 44kHz
  • Sensitivity 112dBspl/V
  • THD (@1kHz) <0.1%
  • Driver size 49mm
  • Impedance 22Ω
  • Input Power 160mW
  • Detachable cables with Banana Jack (included) 3m with 3.5mm Jack Plug (TRS)/3m with XLR 4pin/1.4m with 4.4mm Pentaconn style
  • Adapter (included) 3.5mm to 6.3mm
  • Dimensions 215 x 200 x 90 mm
  • Weight (without cable) 385g