> How are you listening to the audio? Headphones, speakers, telephone?
I'm using speakers and an external usb microphone at the moment. As I said, this same setup works perfectly in Windows 7. I'm sure that if I were to connect a headset the issue would go away, but that still doesn't explain the problem. I have also tried the home phone thing, and while i think it's neat, I find it a bit pointless for me, I'm using Google Talk to save minutes on my cell phone plan.