^ One night and it's already back at page four.. busy Friday night, head-fi.
Just for reference to how the ES7 is normally worn, here's a picture of them WITH the metal elbows and more extension:
http://www.geocities.jp/ryumatsuba/ath-es7_1.JPG
And of course, one of the very first threads on head-fi concerning the ES7 in depth has a picture of zChan wearing the ES7 with the out-of-box elbows (3rd picture from top compares noticeably to the second one in this thread):
Gaming headphones!
I can't help but feel that Audio-Technica meant for the user to make this adjustment, considering the point of the angle is made of flexible (but firm) metal and not rigid plastic..