Наушники — Austrian Audio The Composer

The Composer is an open-backed wired over-ear headphone from Austrian Audio, built with a very wide rated bandwidth. This model represents Austrian Audio's open-backed reference offering, drawing on the brand's professional studio monitoring lineage through its founding engineers' background at AKG to deliver an accurate, wide-bandwidth tonal foundation.

Position in line

It sits alongside the Hi-X65 and Hi-X60 in Austrian Audio's broader headphone range as closed alternatives. This positioning alongside the closed Hi-X65 and Hi-X60 confirms the Composer occupies the open-backed side of Austrian Audio's catalogue, trading isolation for the wider, more spacious soundstage an open design typically delivers.

Key specs that matter

Rated response is 5 Hz to 44 kHz, a wide window extending well beyond the audible range at both ends. Sensitivity is 112 dB per milliwatt into 22 ohms. Weight is 385 g, moderate for an open-backed over-ear design of this scale.

Sound and use context

Expect the open, spacious character typical of an open-backed design, with the wide rated bandwidth and high sensitivity suggesting an easy-to-drive, detailed presentation - Austrian Audio's professional monitoring heritage should give this design an accurate tonal foundation rather than an artificially enhanced consumer voicing, consistent with the brand's studio-derived engineering priorities.

Pairing

The 22 ohm impedance and 112 dB sensitivity are easily driven by any phone, computer or headphone amplifier, so amplifier matching should present no particular difficulty regardless of the source.

Alternatives

These closed models are worth considering instead if isolation from ambient noise matters more than the Composer's open, spacious presentation. Cable quality and connector durability are worth checking, since these details vary more across competing open-backed headphones than the core driver technology typically does. A dealer demonstration alongside the closed Hi-X65 helps clarify whether the isolation trade-off matters for a specific listening environment. Overall this remains an accurate, spacious choice reflecting Austrian Audio studio-derived engineering. A dealer visit remains the simplest way to compare this model against the closed Hi-X60 as well.