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Hl2 stutterd a lot for me too and had sometimes bad sound quality, so I decided to do everything possible to fix the issue. After updating my onboard sound card (realtek) drivers, the stutter was almost gone.
I know that certainly many of you have all your drivers up to date, but maybe someone could get the game running properly with the same method.