--- doomsday/plugins/openal/src/driver_openal.cpp	2013-01-06 17:23:50.000000000 +0100
+++ doomsday/plugins/openal/src/driver_openal.cpp	2013-04-07 18:26:42.321742693 +0200
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
     }
 
     // Attach the buffer to the source.
+#if 0
     alSourcei(srcName, AL_BUFFER, bufName);
     if(DSOPENAL_ERRCHECK(alGetError()))
     {
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@
         alDeleteBuffers(1, &bufName);
         return NULL;
     }
+#endif
 
     if(!(flags & SFXBF_3D))
     {
@@ -270,6 +272,8 @@
             return; // No need to reload.
     }
 
+    alSourceStop(SRC(buf));
+    alSourcei(SRC(buf), AL_BUFFER, 0);
     alBufferData(BUF(buf),
                  sample->bytesPer == 1 ? AL_FORMAT_MONO8 : AL_FORMAT_MONO16,
                  sample->data, sample->size, sample->rate);