diff --git a/code/game/sound.dm b/code/game/sound.dm
index 98e24a1f34..7b16e0fd80 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) * 2  //VOREStation Edit - 3 to 2
 	var/list/listeners = player_list
 	if(!ignore_walls) //these sounds don't carry through walls
 		listeners = listeners & hearers(maxdistance,turf_source)