>The sound on my PC is not audiophile, but it's fairly decent. I'm finding the extra noise most noticeable on the longer sounds such as "New replies, private messages and agent messages (Descriptive sound effect)" (NewMailNoticeAgent).
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>If anyone wants to test the .wav files Michel uses you can navigate to (example)
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>http://www.levelextreme.com/NewMailNoticeAgent.wav

Under WinAmp by clicking on the link you provided, I get what you mean. But, embed in the page or via streaming, it is ok.