Codes should be placed in the footer, this will allow the main body of your blog to load first. The footer file is usually here: wp-content/themes/Your-Theme/footer.php PHP:
Interesting, I was playing around with placement, and I put it at top of page and it plays while site fully loads, better strategy in my opinion. Still experimenting, but the sooner it plays the better is my opinion. Good luck to all, Mike
Its like any other script, they can hang for various reason, take Google ads, ever been on a site waiting for that block to load, well I have many times including my own... thats why its recommended to place the code at the bottom of a page to avoid such problems.
True, any display block ads like Google sometimes takes forever to load, but it appears sound bites hit almost immediately? Good luck to all,