Im gonna go with MLE here and say these are probably just all black Annie's at $200 with a massdrop logo, which is precisely what I want them to be. No way in hell from a financial standpoint is AKG going to pay engineers to tweak a headphone for a group buy website that may potentially be better than what some say is their best headphone ever, and then sell it for half price. This is old stock painted black. Which is still completely awesome. Ill take old stock HD 600s and LCD2s in all black at half price too, lol.
Also this is a quote from the drop page
"In 2012, AKG released the 65th anniversary edition of their K702 to instant acclaim. Built with a bass boost, improved comfort, and matched transducers, the limited edition K702 became a legend in the audiophile community for its sound and build quality. Following the success of the Q701 drop in June, we asked AKG if we could configure our own edition of the K702 65th, and they agreed based on their faith in the Massdrop community. Configured by Massdrop, manufactured by AKG, and made possible by you, the AKG K7XX Massdrop First Edition Headphones bring you rare sound at an even rarer price. "
Theyre pretty much telling you its an Annie. The rest of the description goes on to say the improvements the Annie made over the K701, but they kind of word it like it's a "new" thing. Whatever works for marketing I suppose, were still getting a killer deal.
It's funny because on here and other forums where people have auditioned the K7XX they say it's the best AKG they ever heard, but all of them only heard the K701 series without the new earpads. Seems like the Annie is a hidden gem that a lot of people turned down just expecting the same K701 sound.