Thanks to yolomeister for starting this poll! We've contacted the vendor on your behalf and they've made the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones available.
I own the Custom Pros... and they sound amazing. You are going to have to do some burn in to get the full potential from them. But once they are, they offer amazing amounts of bass, while still being controlled (you can fine tune the levels of bass by adjusting the bass ports) I leave mine at level 2. The mids and highs are good, as long as you don't open the third bass port, you will not have any issues of the mids becoming over run by the bass. The highs are always crisp and clear.
Working on this now. The COP is difficult because when it was first released the dealer price was just over three figures. Following that, you could buy a COP for as low as $130 on Massdrop. Beyer was not pleased with this so they raised the dealer price significantly (that's why amazon has them listed for $229).
I'd like to list them again but there were a lot of complaints about pricing last time and we won't be able to do better than because of the price increase from Beyer.
The DT770 80ohm has been discontinued and replaced with the DT770M. You can still buy them online because so much stock was purchased, but they're not making this SKU anymore to the best of our knowledge.
SRH440s are live now: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/shure-srh440-headphones
At this point, I'm going to keep working on the COP and maybe we'll get some DT770 80ohm old stock from a vendor, but I'm linking this poll to the SRH440s.
Keep the votes coming and I'll keep doing my best to keep everything updated. So many polls, so little time.
I (personally) would be happy with the COPs if they were the same price as last time (170$, I think). Saving $60 off amazon's price is still great, even if it's not $130 COPs.
However, if you're able to pull off the DT770 Pro/M for around $130-140 it would be even sweeter :D
I like how there are some people who are so ignorant they still vote for the M50x despite the fact that there's a strikethrough, the product description says MD can't drop 'em, and to top it off the poll description says don't suggest the M50x!
Also, when will we get a response from MD? There's almost 400 votes! I wanna get my hands on some Q701s!!!
I'm in a similar position, could really use an upgrade from my current pair of cans. I really hope one of the beyers or AKG drop. I had the pleasure of listening to some DT 770s a few months back and they blew me away.
@frogamic yea, I know how you feel I'm wanting to upgrade from ATH-M50's but i would like to try an open-back headphone so I'm really hoping for the DT 880s or the Q701's.