Comment 37 for bug 442748

So after some testing, I found the volume was still being muted after some reboots. So then I commented out (per a tip I found on debian bug reports) "load-module module-device-restore" in /etc/pulse/default.pa

So instead of /etc/pulse/default.pa containing:
### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

it's now changed to
### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
#load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

So now my sound doesn't crackle anymore(per changes in #35 above), and doesn't startup in a muted state (per the changes above).