diff --git a/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs b/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
index a3b2218b1e1..9326e26e4b6 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ protected CVars()
             CVarDef.Create("audio.default_concurrent", 16, CVar.CLIENTONLY | CVar.ARCHIVE);
 
         public static readonly CVarDef<int> AudioAttenuation =
-            CVarDef.Create("audio.attenuation", (int) Attenuation.LinearDistanceClamped, CVar.REPLICATED | CVar.ARCHIVE);
+            CVarDef.Create("audio.attenuation", (int) Attenuation.InverseDistanceClamped, CVar.REPLICATED | CVar.ARCHIVE);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Audio device to try to output audio to by default.
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ protected CVars()
             CVarDef.Create("audio.tick_rate", 30, CVar.CLIENTONLY);
 
         public static readonly CVarDef<float> AudioZOffset =
-            CVarDef.Create("audio.z_offset", -5f, CVar.REPLICATED);
+            CVarDef.Create("audio.z_offset", -2f, CVar.REPLICATED);
 
         /*
          * PLAYER