diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/FDSAudio.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/FDSAudio.cs
index f3e6692053..f823bd25d2 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/FDSAudio.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/FDSAudio.cs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 			{
 				// worst imaginable resampling
 				int pos = i * samplebuffpos / samples.Length;
-				int samp = samplebuff[pos] * 20 - 20160;
+				int samp = samplebuff[pos] * 6 - 12096;
 				samp += samples[i];
 				if (samp > 32767)
 					samples[i] = 32767;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/RamAdapter.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/RamAdapter.cs
index 33048e6d15..4f423b1723 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/RamAdapter.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/FDS/RamAdapter.cs
@@ -313,8 +313,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 			{
 				if (state == RamAdapterState.IDLE && disk != null) // no spinup when no disk
 				{
-					state = RamAdapterState.SPINUP;
-					SetCycles();
+					// this isn't right, despite the fact that without it some games seem to cycle the disk needlessly??
+					//if ((cached4025 & 1) != 0)
+					//	Console.WriteLine("FDS: Ignoring spurious spinup");
+					//else
+					//{
+						state = RamAdapterState.SPINUP;
+						SetCycles();
+					//}
 				}
 			}
 			if ((value & 2) != 0)