The best replacement for openal is opensl.

The best alternatives to openal are rated as following:
★★★★★  opensl
★★★★★  fmod
★★★  directsound
★★★  openal soft
★★★  eax
★★★  portaudio
★★  xaudio2
★★  avaudioplayer
★  core audio
★  xact
★  sdl_mixer

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