M200 keeps appearing on ebay.de for ridiculous price... Probably there was a huge KEF sale in Germany.

A few pages back someone posted M200 for $50, but it was Canada-only (I think it was visions.ca store) So $100 doesn't look like a good deal, unless you are getting free shipping right to your home.

Another Canada-only deal. Perhaps it would be useful to note, which countries the deal is limited to? It is really frustrating to see a great deal, get your hopes up, and then find out you just cannot get it.

-40% from Trinity Audio with code 40percent It even adds to 67% discount on Phoenix But that is pre-order and non-refundable... Phoenix never released yet. I wonder if that is too much of a gamble

Wow I would jump on it, but no shipping outside Canada... :(((

And a few Golden ones (like mine) were custom-upgraded with Black Gate caps :) I think not more than a couple of dozens Golden Cards were made, but no proof. Black Gate Golden Card sounds so much better than standard or regular balanced.

I heard only ~300 pcs of these were made. I wonder if anyone here has Golden Card for MA9 - apparently they never made it to serial manufacturing.

No offense, but I'm not interested in speculation here, just opinions of those who tested both technologies with their own ears. Or some solid info why one tech is better than the other (from strictly technical point of view).

  Well, isn't "surround sound" virtualisation another way of tweaking audio quality? You can use THX TruSturio Pro for music, video, gaming just as SBX Surround. You might want to read more about THX TruSturio Pro here. It is meant to do the same as SBX Surround. That is why I'm comparing...

Wonder if it has ever been confirmed whether SBX Surround for Headphone is identical to THX Trusturio Pro in Titanium X-Fi Creative cards. I could not find any direct comparisons on Youtube (THX vs SBX). Right now I'm picking a card mainly for Headphone HRTF, to output digital signal to...

Yep, you do (if you turn it on in card settings, that is). External DAC / Amp just gives you an overall better sound quality, with no relation to surround.

Official site says Titanium series have THX... As far as I know, Titanium only exist with PCI-E. That is because Titanium are 2nd gen X-Fi cards, while the 1st gen (Xtreme Gamer, Fatal1ty series, Elite Pro) existed with PCI as well.   Also check videos on Youtube comparing various HRTF...

I wonder if it has been confirmed that SBX Surround for Headphone is identical to THX Trusturio Pro in old Titanium X-Fi Creative cards. I could not find any direct comparisons on Youtube (THX vs SBX). Right now I'm picking a card mainly for Headphone HRTF, to output digital signal to external...

I keep getting pop-ups on Trinity site saying someone just bought Sabre. But the product page says they're sold out. Is that just a glitch? Or there are some leftovers?

With use, XL pads will gradually compress, giving you more bass - but probably less comfort. It will be very slow, however. So you might not even notice, until you get a brand new pair of XL pads for direct comparison.