Hi,
I have to agree sound on a webpage is not what I like but
some do and I have found flash to be the most cross browser
compatable way and causes less hassel on the client machine with
active X and script blocking software that now seems to conflict on
some PC's depending on the security settings, i think service pack
2 brought a lot of this , im not !00% on that but , but flash seems
to work over all systems.
This is my experience anyway.
Good luck