Alex69There was discussion on the previous attempt to get the m50x. Audio Technica is so slammed with orders for them there's no way they can justify a sale to massdrop. It's going to be a while.
Alex69Its really easy to hack into having a removable cable and in my opinion better. (if you do a reasonable job)
I also believe Audio Technica were pretty scum bag for using a proprietary connection interface rather than standard auxiliary. Theres not much point if you cant use your own cable.
Check out: http://imgur.com/a/MyfMP
http://www.head-fi.org/t/553483/ath-m50-removable-cable-mod