Latest update. Just started Episode 9. First thing I did was convert a phone interview that was exported as a 48kHz wave file from my work video software into VLC and converted it to a 44.1kHz wave file. Hopefully negating any dodgy encoding that Quantel may have done.
Loaded that file into Reaper (with a Project Setting of 44.1kHz) - and..... alas, still the same ol' problem.
Also - Windows has since had updates, but that hasn't changed anything either.