diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm b/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
index 6866c024e2..8b93c8e38f 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/sound.dm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 #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 231a346f2e..8e66fba95f 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)