Staticky sound - Is Mail the culprit?

Sound on my Mac is staticky. All sounds, even the startup sound. Sometimes I can get it to go away, but not by any consistent action. I've tried resetting pram and the pmu and nvram. I've tried restarting and shutting down and then starting.
The last time I got it working, it worked in iTunes and World of Warcraft and I assume everywhere else. Instead of putting my computer to sleep overnight, I left it awake. The next day, I tried iTunes and sound was fine. Then I started Mail and the sound immediately went all staticky (and I'm still trying to get it to work properly again). What did Mail do?
MacFixIt has suggested that there are lot of problems with iTunes 6.0.1 (I can read the topics, but not the articles since I do not subscribe). Could this be a manifestation of that? If so, how do I revert back to iTunes 6.0?
I have VirusBarrier X and it reports that my computer is clean (no surprise there . Software Update also reports that my computer is up-to-date.
Also I have Klipsch external speakers, but this problem is present whether or not I am using them.
Any suggestions?

One thing to check: System Preferences - Sound, is the "Play user interface sound effects" checked?
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