CS6 and ACR Color Settings

Ok ... I have researched the internet entirely three times over and I can't figure this out. I'll give you as much information as I can think of right from the start. I know it has to do with color management, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Shoot photos with Canon 6d in sRGB color space
Open .CR2 with Adobe ACR v8.8.0.397
Color space in ACR is sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1, 8 bit
Click on "Open Image", which opens Adobe CS6
Proof Colors are set to unchecked (off).
Color settings in CS6 are:
Here's the comparison of ACR and CS6:
What am I doing wrong? If my color settings are the same between ACR and CS6 (as shown above), shouldn't' the images be the same in both ACR and photoshop?
Let the bashing begin ...

They should indeed. This is a broken monitor profile, affecting the two differently.
Recalibrate, and make sure your calibrator produces v2, matrix-based profiles (if you don't have those options it does). V4 and LUT profiles can be problematic in some cases. If you don't have a calibrator, use sRGB IEC61966-2.1 for now. Relaunch Photoshop when done:
BTW, the camera setting for color space is moot. That applies to in-camera processed jpegs, not raw files.

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