Java sound app works on Mac but not on Windows

Question

I am working on a program that needs to play a sound Clip and it doesn't work on XP but it does on OS/X.
I've reduced the problem to this simple test program. On my PC, the sound I hear on the speakers is just a little burst of noise, whereas it's fine on my Mac. I used one of XP's system wav files, and verified that it does play normally on the PC via other means (iTunes, etc.). I'm using the latest JDK/JRE everywhere. Here's the sample code. Anything obviously wrong here?
import java.io.*;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;
class ClipTest
    public static void main(String args[])
            try
                Clip soundClip;
                AudioInputStream soundStream;
                File audioFile = new File("CHIMES.WAV");
                soundStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(audioFile);
                AudioFormat format = soundStream.getFormat();
                DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(Clip.class, format);             
                System.out.println(format.toString());
                soundClip = (Clip)AudioSystem.getLine(info);
                soundClip.open(soundStream);
                soundClip.start();
            catch (Exception e)
                e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

Solved my own problem: adding a Thread.sleep(1000); after starting the Clip worked. Looks like the app was terminating before the sound could finish playing. Obviously something is different between the way the Mac and XP JRE handles the sound thread with respect to the rest of the app.