Progress...I setup the following environment variables and got sound...but it was choppy as hell.
export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=oss
QEMU_OSS_DAC_DEV=/dev/audio
QEMU_OSS_ADC_DEV=/dev/audio

Rodrigo V. Raimundo(spyro@das.ufsc.br)@Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:00:01PM -0300:
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> -soundhw emulates the sound card that the guest OS will see. It has 
> nothing to do with your real sound card. I think qemu will pass the 
> sound data directly to /dev/audio and it will silent fail if its busy or 
> can't be written
> 
> Allie D. wrote:
> >Can anyone give me a hint how to get sound working in Qemu ? I'm running
> >an X31 and am starting -soundhw all but I don't think it covers my sound
> >hardware. The precompiled 4.1 package has:
> >
> >pcspk       PC speaker
> >sb16        Creative Sound Blaster 16
> >es1370      ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370
> >
> >But my sound device is an auich. Anyone get sound working for an auich
> >device ?