On bug debian #472811, 'Doesn't work well with the pulseaudio alsa plugin', the reporter gives a patch to decrease the audio buffer size: The patch is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=alsa.patch;att=1;bug=472811 Any audio xpert ? Best Regards, -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf http://www.jbkempf.com/