I'd prefer detachable if it was universal and could be used to balance headphones a lot easier, finding someone to balance headphones in the UK is impossible to my knowledge, would help the situation.

Could be as simple as a hair on the driver, or could be something more.

When I'm at computer, so most of my time on my days off.

I use Winamp, purely because of 2 things -   iPod Support, a lot of my older music is on my iPod with the origninal files long gone it gives me a lot more options to have that supported   I just never got on with Foobar, I guess I'm not spec'd up enough to be able to use it properly...

I found flipping the pads to the 'wrong' way up has helped the comfort issues I was having no end, I have the bigger bit on the bottom now instead of the top. Sadly my head is on the maximum stretch of the headband system :(

Oh yeah, don't take my comment as saying that the DT880 sounds like it doesn't have the mids it should, its just that they aren't as forward as the K701.

Although it may just be in my head, although it isn't a huge dip in the upper mids, its the first thing I notice when I change from one set to the other.

After getting my K701s, I prefer them for most things over my DT880s.

I went from the AD700 to Beyer DT880 and AKG K701s, if you liked the AD700s you should get on fine with these, my DT880s are broken at the moment so I can't do a direct comparison, mainly as I don't own the AD700s anymore and I got my AKGs while the Beyers were bust.

I can't be the only person who doesn't bother burning in before using HFs, I love hearing the change overtime that just comes from useage rather than anything else.   Congrats on the purchase though!

The 202s aren't that bad, I've just had to use some for a week because my DT880s broke and my K701s hadn't arrived, they surprised me after a bit of tweaking and EQing, still not great but you can't expect the world at that point.

From what I've heard the 600ohm versions of both the 880 and the 990 are the most desireable, obviously they require more amplification than the other versions. 

He has the 32Ohm which is why he can get away with the amp in question. 

I've used a pair of AD700s first and then a set of Beyer DT880 250Ohms, I play a lot of online PC gaming, mainly FPS based where obviously positioning etc is high up the list of important things, I remember the AD700s being very nice, I regret selling them in all honestly but not because of the...

I use chunky sized frames and although they do press into my head for a few days, after that its plain sailing as the pads adapt to the frames being there.