Currently Audio support in html5 in iOS is really bad, and there's no way around that. Native code is the only realistic option right now for games on iOS. I

Currently Audio support in html5 in iOS is really bad, and there's no way around that. Native code is the only realistic option right now for games on iOS. I don't see Apple going out of their way to "fix" the situation either. Specifically, telling an Audio element to simply load and then play a sound fails much of the time, or takes upwards of a full second to start playback of a very short sample file. Not to mention that iOS specifically prevents an Audio element from playing unless it is in a function responding to user touch. This means background sound effects and such are effectively impossible. I'd love very much if someone told me (with working sample code) that I was wrong.