Uh oh, looks like case closed for this issue! The problem is with
GTune (Feb 2015 build and earlier builds).
I have written the developer, as this appears to be a big ol bug.
To make a long story short, I confirmed correct tuning of DimPro using an external tuner, but
GTune was not reporting the correct project sampling rate. This info is displayed in the INFO tab. However, after stopping and restarting Sonar's audio engine,
GTune reported correctly. NOTE: You must click the MAIN tab and then INFO tab again to "reload" the info, or wait 10 seconds.
EDIT: This is embarrassing. Sorry to waste everyone's time.