diff --git a/Core/Config.cpp b/Core/Config.cpp
index b32c4cfcbf..0b1e9fb7b1 100644
--- a/Core/Config.cpp
+++ b/Core/Config.cpp
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ void Config::Load(const char *iniFileName)
 	IniFile::Section *sound = iniFile.GetOrCreateSection("Sound");
 	sound->Get("Enable", &bEnableSound, true);
 	sound->Get("EnableAtrac3plus", &bEnableAtrac3plus, true);
-	sound->Get("BGMVolume", &iBGMVolume, 4);
-	sound->Get("SEVolume", &iSEVolume, 4);
+	sound->Get("BGMVolume", &iBGMVolume, 5);
+	sound->Get("SEVolume", &iSEVolume, 5);
 	
 	IniFile::Section *control = iniFile.GetOrCreateSection("Control");
 	control->Get("ShowStick", &bShowAnalogStick, false);
diff --git a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
index cc09d0307c..45bb878ce5 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/__sceAudio.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "FixedSizeQueue.h"
 #include "Common/Thread.h"
 
+#define LOW_LATENCY_AUDIO false
+
 // Should be used to lock anything related to the outAudioQueue.
 recursive_mutex section;
 
@@ -37,15 +39,27 @@ int eventHostAudioUpdate = -1;
 int mixFrequency = 44100;
 
 const int hwSampleRate = 44100;
+
+#ifdef LOW_LATENCY_AUDIO
+const int hwBlockSize = 16;
+const int hostAttemptBlockSize = 256;
+#else
 const int hwBlockSize = 64;
 const int hostAttemptBlockSize = 512;
+#endif;
+
 const int audioIntervalUs = (int)(1000000ULL * hwBlockSize / hwSampleRate);
 const int audioHostIntervalUs = (int)(1000000ULL * hostAttemptBlockSize / hwSampleRate);
 
 // High and low watermarks, basically.  For perfect emulation, the correct values are 0 and 1, respectively.
 // TODO: Tweak
+#ifdef LOW_LATENCY_AUDIO
+const int chanQueueMaxSizeFactor = 0;
+const int chanQueueMinSizeFactor = 1;
+#else
 const int chanQueueMaxSizeFactor = 2;
 const int chanQueueMinSizeFactor = 1;
+#endif
 
 // TODO: Need to replace this with something lockless. Mutexes in the audio pipeline
 // is bad mojo.
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceAtrac.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceAtrac.cpp
index 61c1614319..effd72f489 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceAtrac.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceAtrac.cpp
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ u32 _AtracDecodeData(int atracID, u8* outbuf, u32 *SamplesNum, u32* finish, int
 						atrac->sampleQueue.push(buf, decodebytes);
 					}
 				}
-				const int MAX_CONFIG_VOLUME = 5;
+				const int MAX_CONFIG_VOLUME = 8;
 				s16* out = (s16*)outbuf;
 				memset(out, 0, ATRAC3PLUS_MAX_SAMPLES * sizeof(s16) * atrac->atracOutputChannels);
 				int gotsize = atrac->sampleQueue.pop_front(buf, ATRAC3PLUS_MAX_SAMPLES * sizeof(s16) * atrac->atracChannels);
diff --git a/Core/HW/SasAudio.cpp b/Core/HW/SasAudio.cpp
index fca3ef62e9..c771c684fb 100644
--- a/Core/HW/SasAudio.cpp
+++ b/Core/HW/SasAudio.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void SasInstance::Mix(u32 outAddr, u32 inAddr, int leftVol, int rightVol) {
 
 			// Resample to the correct pitch, writing exactly "grainSize" samples.
 			u32 sampleFrac = voice.sampleFrac;
-			const int MAX_CONFIG_VOLUME = 17;  // 12 + 5
+			const int MAX_CONFIG_VOLUME = 20;
 			int volumeShift = (MAX_CONFIG_VOLUME - g_Config.iSEVolume);
 			if (volumeShift < 0) volumeShift = 0;
 			for (int i = 0; i < grainSize; i++) {
diff --git a/UI/MenuScreens.cpp b/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
index 0aba2936f6..cb3366d27f 100644
--- a/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
+++ b/UI/MenuScreens.cpp
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ void AudioScreen::render() {
 			if (g_Config.iBGMVolume > 1)
 				g_Config.iBGMVolume -= 1;
 		if (UIButton(GEN_ID, hlinear1, 50, 0, a->T("+1"), ALIGN_LEFT))
-			if (g_Config.iBGMVolume < 5)
+			if (g_Config.iBGMVolume < 8)
 				g_Config.iBGMVolume += 1;
 		y+=20;
 		char sevol[256];
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ void AudioScreen::render() {
 			if (g_Config.iSEVolume > 1)
 				g_Config.iSEVolume -= 1;
 		if (UIButton(GEN_ID, hlinear2, 50, 0, a->T("+1"), ALIGN_LEFT))
-			if (g_Config.iSEVolume < 5)
+			if (g_Config.iSEVolume < 8)
 				g_Config.iSEVolume += 1;
 
 		y+=10;