diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/Cursor/MenuCursorContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/Cursor/MenuCursorContainer.cs
index b63e73e679..8cf47006ab 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/Cursor/MenuCursorContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/Cursor/MenuCursorContainer.cs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Cursor
             SampleChannel channel = tapSample.GetChannel();
 
             // Scale to [-0.75, 0.75] so that the sample isn't fully panned left or right (sounds weird)
-            channel.Balance.Value = ((activeCursor.X / DrawWidth) * 2 - 1) * 0.75;
+            channel.Balance.Value = ((activeCursor.X / DrawWidth) * 2 - 1) * OsuGameBase.SFX_STEREO_STRENGTH;
             channel.Frequency.Value = baseFrequency - (random_range / 2f) + RNG.NextDouble(random_range);
             channel.Volume.Value = baseFrequency;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 1d5f5a75e5..7586dc6407 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         public const int SAMPLE_CONCURRENCY = 6;
 
+        public const double SFX_STEREO_STRENGTH = 0.75;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Length of debounce (in milliseconds) for commonly occuring sample playbacks that could stack.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ScorePanel.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ScorePanel.cs
index 5aecf18033..1d332d6b27 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ScorePanel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ScorePanel.cs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
         protected override void Update()
         {
             base.Update();
-            audioContent.Balance.Value = (ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre.X / game.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Width) * 2 - 1;
+            audioContent.Balance.Value = ((ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre.X / game.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Width) * 2 - 1) * OsuGameBase.SFX_STEREO_STRENGTH;
         }
 
         private void playAppearSample()