Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
I bet the "better" audio is "less pure" from a flat frequency response stand point
No, if that's the case then it's a bug - but I don't believe it to be the case. Karma also has a flat response when the EQ is set flat.
I did notice that my "Loudness" setting was active after loading -alpha5 however I don't know if this was operator error or a bug in parsing the older settings data.