Arch thinks sound is working, but it's not (Guest in KVM / QEMU)

Hi chaps,
I have an Archlinux virtual machine running the very latest Arch-goodness.
It's running inside Kvm-Qemu on a Ubuntu system (don't hate me plz!! )
I have setup the sound to emulate an Intel AC97:
<sound model='ac97'/>
And when I load the Arch system and do a lsmod, it has loaded all the correct modules all by it's clever self:
The machine starts with every muted (possibly an indication that something is wrong?), but using
alsamixer
I turn everything up.
But when I try something like
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
I get no sound (and no errors).
I'm at a bit of a loss tbh; I have read and re-read the Alsa guide on your Wiki, but unfortunately it did not resolve the issue.
Would really appreciate some help please guys!
Thanks,
tommed

$ qemu -soundhw ?
Valid sound card names (comma separated):
pcspk PC speaker
sb16 Creative Sound Blaster 16
ac97 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio
es1370 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370
Using KVM as the launcher (the
<sound .../>
snippet was in the KVM config file.
Thanks for the snippet about Arch starting with mute.. good to know!

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