Issue w/ ACR v6.x/v5.x and WB settings stored in .X3F files by Sigma SPP converter

Hi,
if I will use Sigma SPP raw converter (3.5.x or 4.x) to work with .X3F raw files and select "monochrome" WB there and then quit SPP leaving that setting (SPP stores processing settings in .X3F files, almost like you can do w/ .DNG files) then Adobe ACR v5.x / 6.x for whatever reason will allow to process .X3F as a greyscale image, I mean ACR will have a lot of controls disable (like WB, vibrance, saturation, ...). So I need to go back to SPP and change WB settings to anything different from "monochrome" to be able to process .X3F in ACR normally. Can it be fixed or Adobe is using some Sigma provided SDK to open .X3F files and locked into what Sigma says it can or can't ? Because it looks stupid that settings used in Sigma's raw converter are affecting what ACR can or can't do !
Thank you.

I recently processed some pics inside SPP, and it's amazing how much
better the colors are (a bit too saturated sometimes), I can't get the
same results at all in ACR/LR.
when we are talking about "better" it is a matter of personal preferences... and then you can create your own profiles for ACR, you can't for SPP... then you ought to try SilkyPix for Sigma raws.
I was under the impression that adobe was using a black box provided by
Sigma to read the files (a lot of things point to it : the monochrome WB
issue, the mandatory noise reduction...)
I doubt it is a black box - they should have a source code, just may be they signed an agreement which limits what they can do ? which makes me wonder whether ISL (SilkyPix) has the same arrangement with Sigma as SilkyPix does not have for example "monochrome" issue (like ACR which gets stuck into B/W mode if the raw file was left marked as monochrome by SPP)... or ISL reverse engineered the file format and wrote the code all by itself ?
PS:
Sigma .X3F @ ISO3200 NR by ACR
vs the same by SilkyPix w/o NR and NR done in postprocessing

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