Quoting Kurt Siegl (007 at freemail.at):
> That has mainly historical reasons, since all the sound has been original 
> written for Suns audio, compatible with most Unix hardware.

Just wanted to make sure there wasn't some techincal limitation that would
prevent better sound.
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