diff --git a/plugins/spu2ghz/config.cpp b/plugins/spu2ghz/config.cpp
index 5f820bfb19..e752faca4e 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2ghz/config.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2ghz/config.cpp
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ bool EffectsEnabled=false;
 
 // OUTPUT
 int SampleRate=48000;
-int SndOutLatencyMS=140;
+int SndOutLatencyMS=160;
 //int SndOutLatency=1024;
 //int MaxBufferCount=8;
 //int CurBufferCount=MaxBufferCount;
-bool timeStretchEnabled=false;
+bool timeStretchEnabled=true;
 
 u32 OutputModule=0; //OUTPUT_DSOUND;
 
@@ -263,16 +263,16 @@ void ReadSettings()
 	EffectsEnabled = false;		// force disabled for now.
 
 	SampleRate=CfgReadInt("OUTPUT","Sample_Rate",48000);
-	SndOutLatencyMS=CfgReadInt("OUTPUT","Latency", 140);
+	SndOutLatencyMS=CfgReadInt("OUTPUT","Latency", 160);
 
 	//OutputModule = CfgReadInt("OUTPUT","Output_Module", OUTPUT_DSOUND );
 	char omodid[128];
-	CfgReadStr( "OUTPUT", "Output_Module", omodid, 127, DSoundOut->GetIdent() );
+	CfgReadStr( "OUTPUT", "Output_Module", omodid, 127, XAudio2Out->GetIdent() );
 
 	// find the driver index of this module:
 	OutputModule = FindOutputModuleById( omodid );
 
-	VolumeShiftModifier = CfgReadInt( "OUTPUT","Volume_Shift", 0 );
+	VolumeShiftModifier = CfgReadInt( "OUTPUT","Volume_Shift", 1 );
 	LimitMode=CfgReadInt("OUTPUT","Speed_Limit_Mode",0);
 
 	CfgReadStr("DSP PLUGIN","Filename",dspPlugin,255,"");
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void ReadSettings()
 	// Read DSOUNDOUT and WAVEOUT configs:
 	CfgReadStr( "DSOUNDOUT", "Device", Config_DSoundOut.Device, 254, "default" );
 	CfgReadStr( "WAVEOUT", "Device", Config_WaveOut.Device, 254, "default" );
-	Config_DSoundOut.NumBuffers = CfgReadInt( "DSOUNDOUT", "Buffer_Count", 4 );
+	Config_DSoundOut.NumBuffers = CfgReadInt( "DSOUNDOUT", "Buffer_Count", 5 );
 	Config_WaveOut.NumBuffers = CfgReadInt( "WAVEOUT", "Buffer_Count", 4 );
 
 	// Read DSOUND51 config:
diff --git a/plugins/spu2ghz/dsoundout.cpp b/plugins/spu2ghz/dsoundout.cpp
index 27ba64c787..f2070d91ba 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2ghz/dsoundout.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2ghz/dsoundout.cpp
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ public:
 
 	const char* GetLongName() const
 	{
-		return "DirectSound";
+		return "DirectSound (nice)";
 	}
 
 } DS;
diff --git a/plugins/spu2ghz/sndout.cpp b/plugins/spu2ghz/sndout.cpp
index 0f0222c82a..46ba540251 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2ghz/sndout.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2ghz/sndout.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ SndOutModule* mods[]=
 	&NullOut,
 	WaveOut,
 	DSoundOut,
-	DSound51Out,
-	ASIOOut,
+	//DSound51Out,
+	//ASIOOut,
 	XAudio2Out,
 	NULL		// signals the end of our list
 };
diff --git a/plugins/spu2ghz/xaudio2out.cpp b/plugins/spu2ghz/xaudio2out.cpp
index 9b808ab454..192bd12403 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2ghz/xaudio2out.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2ghz/xaudio2out.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public:
 
 	const char* GetLongName() const
 	{
-		return "XAudio 2 (Experimental)";
+		return "XAudio 2 (Recommended)";
 	}
 
 } XA2;