PWM to analog... is this just too Rube Goldberg?

If you want to use PWM for clean audio, I suggest you reprogram the registers to crank the PWM frequency up. It will make filtering ALOT easier while keeping the audio intact.

TCCR1B = TCCR1B & 0b11111000 | 2;[/quote]
Will bring the PWM frequency on pins 9 and 10 to about 3.9KHz.