wine users - May 2009 - Anyone else having trouble with inbound audio start/stop/start?

I have been having audio trouble lately, for the past week or so. I don't
know why. When I turn on sound input, then turn it off, then on again, the
program either freezes or just stops working.

What I want to know, is if any other wine users have been having troubles like
mine recently, and what they have done about it?

I have tried with pulseaudio purged, and using pasuspender. Those both give me
the same result... bad.
I am able to use winecfg's oss option with no freezing, but the sound
isn't as good.

Susan