Latency in playing short sounds in Flash 9, Actionscript 3

var soundArray:Array = new Array();
loadSound( "click", "sounds/buttondroop4.mp3" );
loadSound( "hover", "sounds/Dink-Public_D-146.mp3" );

function loadSound( name:String, url:String ):void
{
   var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest( url );
   soundArray[ name ] = new Sound( req );
   soundArray[ name ].addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, soundLoaded );
}
function soundLoaded( event:Event ):void
{
   for( var name:String in soundArray )
   {
      if( event.target == soundArray[name] )
      {
         trace( "Loaded sound [" + name + "]" );
         return;
      }
   }
}
function playSound( name:String ):void
{
   for( var nameSrc:String in soundArray )
   {
      if( name == nameSrc )
      {
         var channel:SoundChannel = soundArray[ name ].play();
         return;
      }
   }
}

// Sometime later, well after soundLoaded() callback is triggered...
playSound( "click" );
playSound( "hover" );

var sClick:soundClick = new soundClick();
var sHover:soundHover = new soundHover();
sClick.play();
sHover.play();

function playSound( name:String ):void
{
   for( var nameSrc:String in soundArray )
   {
      if( name == nameSrc )
      {
         var channel:SoundChannel = soundArray[ name ].play();
         return;
      }
   }
}

function playSound(name:String):void
{
    if(soundArray[name])
    {
        soundArray[name].play();
    }
}