WAV files do not load on iPad iOS 15.2

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Describe the bug My react code is able to play MP3s and Wavs on a desktop, but not on Mobile safari on iOS 15.2 (iPad Air 4th Gen). The WAV files do not play. Adding html5:true to the howler config will fix things, however that seems like a patch and not a solution.

To Reproduce Code Example:

case 'playSound': {
          const logSoundName = payload.data.url.split('/')
          console.log(`🍎 attempting to play sound: ${logSoundName[logSoundName.length-1]} 🍎`);
          const sound = new Howl({
            src: [payload.data.url],
            volume: 0.2,
            onload: (soundId: number) => {
              console.log(`🍎 onLoad - attempting to play sound# ${soundId} 🍎`);
              sound.play();
            },
            onplay:(soundId: number) => {
              console.log(`🍎 onPlay sound# ${soundId} 🍎`);
            },
          });

          sound.once('loaderror', (e) => console.log(`load error: ${e}`))
          sound.once('playerror', (e) => console.log(`playerror: ${e}`))

          break;
        }

Expected behavior

• Inspecting the Safari console (iPad simulator) I can see the following logs for playing a WAV (first log) and MP3 (final 3 logs). As you can see the logs are not firing for the sound loading, but also they are not firing for any error.
• The playerror or loaderror callbacks never happen
• The play callback is also never called. The sound is neither playing nor failing with error.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Browser/ browser version: Safari iOS 15.2
• Library version: 2.2.0
• React version: 17.0.2
• Node version: 14