I still hear a friend complain he often has to restart pulse because sound just stops working for him. And IIRC there is still no way to set the maximum amount

I still hear a friend complain he often has to restart pulse because sound just stops working for him. And IIRC there is still no way to set the maximum amount of audio-buffer (for the end-user, not from the applications; some people prefer the occasional buffer under-run over the higher delay).