diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
index 796f577b1e..18b708131b 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsActivity.kt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SettingsActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SettingsActivityView {
             setUsername("CITRA")
             setBirthday(3, 25)
             setSystemLanguage(1)
-            setSoundOutputMode(2)
+            setSoundOutputMode(1)
             setCountryCode(49)
             setPlayCoins(42)
         }
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
index 534aee6268..fd6eda28c8 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ class SettingsFragmentPresenter(private val fragmentView: SettingsFragmentView)
                 override val section = null
                 override val isRuntimeEditable = false
                 override val valueAsString = int.toString()
-                override val defaultValue = 2
+                override val defaultValue = 1
             }
             add(
                 SingleChoiceSetting(
diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/cfg/cfg_defaults.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/cfg/cfg_defaults.cpp
index 3ecd85e07b..c744ac1f19 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/cfg/cfg_defaults.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/cfg/cfg_defaults.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ constexpr std::array<float, 8> DEFAULT_STEREO_CAMERA_SETTINGS = {
     10.0f, 5.0f,   55.58000183105469f, 21.56999969482422f,
 };
 constexpr New3dsBacklightControls DEFAULT_NEW_3DS_BACKLIGHT_CONTROLS{{0, 0, 0, 0}, 0, {0, 0, 0}};
-constexpr u8 DEFAULT_SOUND_OUTPUT_MODE = SOUND_SURROUND;
+constexpr u8 DEFAULT_SOUND_OUTPUT_MODE = SOUND_STEREO;
 // NOTE: These two are placeholders. They are randomly generated elsewhere, rather than using fixed
 // constants.
 constexpr u64_le DEFAULT_CONSOLE_ID = 0;