I use VLC to play/stream audio. With the previous kernel 2.6.32-131.21.1 all
playback is clean. With the new kernel it has static when running with the
latest VLC version, but plays fine with kaffeine. I reverted ti 2.6.32-
131.21.1 and the problem went away. Nothing else is different between the
runs. Could this be an ALSA driver problem? FWIW, this also affects videos
played on VLC.