EA_Aljoany word on this? The in-game audio mix is noticeably worse than it has been in any of the previous iterations of the game. I've tried lowering everything that wouldn't be involved in an arena experience and the game sound effects are still muddied and unclear. The skating sounds are worse. The shooting sounds are almost non-existent besides perfect one-Ts (whereas snap-shots sounded POWERFUL last year, for example). Even ringing the post is worse than last year.
What happened? Were these intentional changes? Can you ask the team for us? Maybe they're not aware that anything is different, somehow?