diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm b/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
index 0934eb498af..de0cca70388 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 #define SOUND_MINIMUM_PRESSURE 10
-#define FALLOFF_SOUNDS 0.5
+#define FALLOFF_SOUNDS 1
 
 
 //Ambience types
diff --git a/code/game/sound.dm b/code/game/sound.dm
index d6c2c36fcff..9032a3f9c19 100644
--- a/code/game/sound.dm
+++ b/code/game/sound.dm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
  	// Looping through the player list has the added bonus of working for mobs inside containers
 	var/sound/S = sound(get_sfx(soundin))
-	var/maxdistance = (world.view + extrarange) * 3
+	var/maxdistance = (world.view + extrarange)
 	var/list/listeners = GLOB.player_list
 	if(!ignore_walls) //these sounds don't carry through walls
 		listeners = listeners & hearers(maxdistance,turf_source)