diff --git a/audio/playback/speaker.go b/audio/playback/speaker.go
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+package playback
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/faiface/pixel/audio"
+	"github.com/hajimehoshi/oto"
+)
+
+// Speaker is the interface used for playing back audio.Streamers.
+type Speaker interface {
+	// Play tells the Speaker that it is ready for playback and handles preparing the Streamer.
+	Play(audio.Streamer)
+	// Update is called once per game loop and handles pulling samples from the Streamer and writing them to Speaker's
+	// player.
+	Update() error
+}
+
+// DefaultSpeaker is a default implementation of speaker capable of playing back samples to the default output device.
+type DefaultSpeaker struct {
+	// audio.Streamer is the Streamer to pull samples from. It is passed in and set with Speaker.Play(audio.Streamer)
+	audio.Streamer
+	// isPlaying informs the update loop about whether or not this Speaker is playing
+	isPlaying bool
+	// samples is the internal buffer of samples that read() and readSample() fill and drain, respectively
+	// samples' length is the total buffer size / 2
+	samples [][2]float64
+	// player is the underlying *oto.Player, which uses os specific APIs for audio playback
+	player *oto.Player
+	// buf is the buffer of samples converted to bytes that is written to player
+	buf []uint8
+	// bufferSize is the size in bytes of the total buffer in bytes. bufferSize must be a power of 2.
+	bufferSize int
+}
+
+// NewDefaultSpeaker returns a *DefaultSpeaker ready to read samples and write to the underlying player for playback
+func NewDefaultSpeaker(bufferSize int) (*DefaultSpeaker, error) {
+	p, err := oto.NewPlayer(int(audio.SampleRate), 2, 2, bufferSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &DefaultSpeaker{
+		player:     p,
+		samples:    make([][2]float64, bufferSize/2),
+		buf:        make([]uint8, bufferSize),
+		bufferSize: bufferSize,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+var (
+	// ErrBufferMustBePowerOf2 should be returned when the buffer passed in to read is not a power of 2, as a sample is
+	// 2 bytes, the buffer must have the capacity to handle all samples.
+	ErrBufferMustBePowerOf2 = errors.New("Buffer passed to Read must be a power of 2")
+)
+
+// read reads up to len(dst) / 2 samples into dst
+func (s *DefaultSpeaker) read(dst []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if !s.isPlaying || s.eof() {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	// we need dst to be a power of two in order for us to write samples cleanly
+	if len(dst)%2 != 0 {
+		return 0, ErrBufferMustBePowerOf2
+	}
+
+	if l := len(dst); l > 1 {
+		for n < l-1 {
+			sample := s.readSample()
+			dst[n] = byte(sample[0])
+			dst[n+1] = byte(sample[1])
+			if s.eof() {
+				s.samples = make([][2]float64, s.bufferSize/2)
+				break
+			}
+			n += 2
+		}
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+// eof returns whether or not we have read all samples currently in the samples buffer
+func (s *DefaultSpeaker) eof() bool {
+	return len(s.samples) == 0
+}
+
+// Sample is a single sample stored as an array of [2]float64, with Sample[0] being the left channel and Sample[1] being the right channel
+type Sample [2]float64
+
+// readSample reads a single sample from s.samples and truncates it from the buffer
+func (s *DefaultSpeaker) readSample() Sample {
+	sample := s.samples[0]
+	s.samples = s.samples[1:]
+	return sample
+}
+
+// Play initializes the Streamer and sets s.isPlaying to true
+func (ds *DefaultSpeaker) Play(s audio.Streamer) {
+	ds.isPlaying = true
+	ds.Streamer = s
+}
+
+// streamToPlayer Streams up to len(s.samples) into s.samples, converts those into bytes for s.buf, and writes s.buf
+// to the underlying player
+func (s *DefaultSpeaker) streamToPlayer() error {
+	n, ok := s.Stream(s.samples)
+	if (n == len(s.samples) || 0 < n && n < len(s.samples)) && ok {
+		r, err := s.read(s.buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s.buf = s.buf[:r]
+		_, err = s.player.Write(s.buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// we drained the streamer while while reading,
+		if n < len(s.samples) {
+			s.isPlaying = false
+			return nil
+		}
+		s.buf = make([]byte, s.bufferSize)
+	}
+	// this stream is already drained, set isPlaying to false
+	if n == 0 && !ok {
+		s.isPlaying = false
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Update should be called during the main update loop in order to handle synchronization
+// If s.isPlaying, Update will stream all available samples to the underlying player once per update.
+func (s *DefaultSpeaker) Update() error {
+	if s.isPlaying {
+		return s.streamToPlayer()
+	}
+	return nil
+}