Austrian Audio – The Composer

Meet the Composer, Austrian Audio’s latest high-end reference headphone, designed for discerning audiophiles who demand unparalleled music clarity. These headphones redefine standards, offering an optimized listening experience with drivers meticulously positioned for maximum impact.

The Composer: A guarantee for great music

Crafted with the most advanced mechanical design, the Composer ensures comfort during extended listening sessions. Its memory foam ear pads and adjustable headband guarantee a perfect fit, while a mesh headband prevents perspiration. The innovative Hi-X design accommodates diverse ear shapes, ensuring a customized fit for every user.

Additionally, the Composer’s magnetic ear pads allow effortless replacements, enhancing user convenience. Immerse yourself in your favorite music, appreciating every nuance with unmatched precision and sophistication, courtesy of the Composer.

Immerse Yourself in Exceptional Sound

Experience superior high-precision sound with Austrian Audio’s The Composer headphones. These headphones deliver exceptional clarity, intricate detail, and a natural sound, creating a captivatingly wide stereo image. To measure audio fidelity, we consider Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). At the standard frequency of 1 kHz, The Composer boasts an astonishing THD value of <0.1%, demonstrating superb performance. What truly sets it apart is its performance at lower frequencies, particularly the impactful 60 Hz bass drum thrust, where it outshines competitors, delivering THD values up to three times better. The Composer offers unmatched precision and accuracy in bass reproduction, providing audiophiles with an unparalleled listening experience that reveals every nuance of the music’s low-end frequencies.

Revolutionary Hi-X Driver Technology

AUSTRIAN AUDIO The Composer headphones feature groundbreaking Hi-X (High Excursion) technology, setting new standards in sound quality. Equipped with a 49 mm driver and a precision CNC machined ring magnet system, incorporating powerful N52 magnets, these headphones enhance airflow and deliver the most robust magnetic field in their class. The HI-X49 DLC driver’s diaphragm is coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC), ensuring exceptional rigidity and shifting break-up frequencies higher. This innovation enables authentic, piston-like behavior without added weight, delivering swift impulse bass imaging with remarkably low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) in lower frequencies. Combined with a linear frequency response and an open, precise, high-resolution sound signature, The Composer offers an unparalleled listening experience, redefining the standards for high-end audiophiles.

Seamless Connectivity, Crafted for Audiophiles

The Composer by AUSTRIAN AUDIO presents a comprehensive cable solution, featuring 3.5mm and 6.3mm Jack plugs, a 4.4mm Pentaconn connector, and 4Pin XLR connectors. Notably, the latter two offer a full symmetrical connection, optimizing the path from amplifier to transducer.

In a groundbreaking move, The Composer introduces Banana Jack connectors, globally recognized for their reliability and ample conductive surface area. The choice of a nonproprietary plug allows customization, empowering audiophiles to explore endless cable possibilities.

Designed with meticulous attention to detail, the cables attach to the headband, ensuring balanced force distribution across the head, sparing delicate ears from strain. The upper section, enveloped in elastomer, eliminates unwanted noise interference, while the lower part boasts an elegant woven textile finish, blending sophistication with practicality.

With its thoughtful design and superior connectivity options, The Composer seamlessly marries functionality and style, delivering an enchanting and immersive audio journey tailored for the most discerning audiophiles.

Key Features

• DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coated diaphragm
• New Hi-X driver technology: Hi-X49DLC
• Adjustable Earcups with tiltable earcups to fit your ear
• Easily replaceable magnetic attached ear pads
• New designed Banana Jack connector on headphone
• 3 detachable cables that can be easily changed (1x balanced 4pin XLR 3 m, 1x balanced 4.4 mm Pentaconn
• 3 m, 1x 3.5 mm Jack 3 m including 6.3 mm adapter)
• Three cables included
• Elegant black wooden gift box
• Made in Austria

Technical Specifications

• Frequency range: 5 Hz – 44 kHz
• Sensitivity: 112 dBspl/V
• THD (@ 1kHz): < 0.1%
• Impedance: 40 Ω
• Input Power: 160 mW
• Detachable cables with Banana Jack (included)
• 3m with 3.5 mm (1/8”) Jack Plug (TRS)
• 3m with XLR 4pin
• 1.4m with 4.4 mm Pentaconn
• Adapter included: 3.5 mm to 6.3 mm (1/8” to 1/4″)
• Dimensions: 215 x 200 x 90 mm
• Weight (without cable): 385 g

Rich Heritage, Unparalleled Expertise

AUSTRIAN AUDIO boasts a team of former AKG personnel, renowned for their expertise and impressive patents in microphone and headphone technologies. With over 350 years of combined experience, these experts have shaped industry standards and developed best-selling microphones and high-end headphones.

Following the closure of AKG headquarters in 2017, this exceptional team reunited under the banner of AUSTRIAN AUDIO. Their mastery spans diverse engineering disciplines, including acoustic engineering, audio-electronics, mechanical design, and transducer development. Their expertise also extends to complex areas such as DSP and firmware.

With this unmatched technical prowess, AUSTRIAN AUDIO is set to revolutionize the audio industry. Their dedication to excellence promises to push boundaries, innovate relentlessly, and deliver exceptional audio solutions to audiophiles worldwide.