■ Open-back headphones
■ £2249
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“Make no mistake, they are impressive, but not in a flash-bang-wallop way. They are more mature than that”
Founded by a core team of ex-AKG personnel in 2017, Austrian Audio has gone on to produce some of the finest sensibly priced wired headphones on the market. Given the company’s heritage, it was interesting that the initial headphone releases focused on the more affordable part of the market, staying below £400. We always suspected that the brand would move into more premium sectors at some point, but it is still surprising just how ambitious it has been with the slightly awkwardly named The Composer.
This flagship pair of wired, open-back
