Thanks all for the offer to help.  Bill got me working.  There was an issue with pulseaudio not starting with my  Raspbian Buster build. 

Thanks again!
Josh - N0EG

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 5:40 PM Steve L <kb9mwr@gmail.com> wrote:
We'd need to see your rx.py command line options to be able to provide
you with specific help.

Have you read this recent thread?
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/op25-slow-choppy-audio.403480/

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 1:34 PM Josh Tuel <josh@tuel.com> wrote:
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> I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I didn't see it in the archives.
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> Any idea what could cause this slow choppy audio?  https://photos.app.goo.gl/BinMZsag9G8nHAmaA
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> I've played with the sampling and the my Mixer: balance (on Gnupot) is under 100.
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> Thanks - Josh / N0EG