Here's a thought, maybe the big new feature is a new locking mechanism for the cables only it isn't really a locking mechanism in the traditional sense of the word. Think about it, you're running around doing whatever and the cable snags and the first thing to happen is a cable pull and stress on the headphones plug in. What if V-MODA took a page from Apple and created a magnetic plug in system for their cables. You get a cable snag the sudden pull instead of pulling on the plug a magnetically engineered locking system would automatically release keeping unwanted stress away from the plug. Of coarse during normal use like walking running and head bobbing the magnetic locking system would hold firm. It would be designed in such a way to only release when a certain amount of stress, such as a cable snag, was put on the plug.
Hey Val even if this isn't the new feature I suggest you give it some thought. There's enough headphones out there that die all because the plug the cable goes into gets damaged from stress cause by cord pulls