diff --git a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
index 98f69c18b..7f3964874 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
@@ -1657,10 +1657,10 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 	this->mix.options = CHANNELMIX_OPTION_UPMIX;
 	this->mix.upmix = CHANNELMIX_UPMIX_PSD;
 	this->mix.log = this->log;
-	this->mix.lfe_cutoff = 120.0f;
-	this->mix.fc_cutoff = 6000.0f;
+	this->mix.lfe_cutoff = 150.0f;
+	this->mix.fc_cutoff = 12000.0f;
 	this->mix.rear_delay = 12.0f;
-	this->mix.widen = 0.02f;
+	this->mix.widen = 0.0f;
 
 	for (i = 0; info && i < info->n_items; i++) {
 		const char *k = info->items[i].key;
diff --git a/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in b/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
index 00500b84f..30bd11513 100644
--- a/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ stream.properties = {
     #channelmix.normalize  = false
     #channelmix.mix-lfe    = true
     #channelmix.upmix      = true
-    #channelmix.upmix-method = simple  # none, psd
-    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 120
-    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 6000
+    #channelmix.upmix-method = psd  # none, simple
+    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 150
+    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 12000
     #channelmix.rear-delay = 12.0
-    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.1
+    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.0
     #channelmix.hilbert-taps = 0
 }
diff --git a/src/daemon/client.conf.in b/src/daemon/client.conf.in
index 47c48b7a6..ffe23c827 100644
--- a/src/daemon/client.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/client.conf.in
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ stream.properties = {
     #channelmix.normalize  = false
     #channelmix.mix-lfe    = false
     #channelmix.upmix      = true
-    #channelmix.upmix-method = simple  # none, psd
-    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 120
-    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 6000
+    #channelmix.upmix-method = psd  # none, simple
+    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 150
+    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 12000
     #channelmix.rear-delay = 12.0
-    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.1
+    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.0
     #channelmix.hilbert-taps = 0
 }
diff --git a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
index a5636b405..8b3ba7640 100644
--- a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ context.objects = [
             #channelmix.normalize   = false
             #channelmix.mix-lfe     = false
             #channelmix.upmix       = true
-            #channelmix.upmix-method = simple  # none, psd
-            #channelmix.lfe-cutoff  = 120
-            #channelmix.fc-cutoff   = 6000
+            #channelmix.upmix-method = psd  # none, simple
+            #channelmix.lfe-cutoff  = 150
+            #channelmix.fc-cutoff   = 12000
             #channelmix.rear-delay  = 12.0
-            #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.1
+            #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.0
             #channelmix.hilbert-taps = 0
             channelmix.disable     = true
             #node.param.Props      = {
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ context.objects = [
             #channelmix.normalize  = false
             #channelmix.mix-lfe    = false
             #channelmix.upmix      = true
-            #channelmix.upmix-method = simple  # none, psd
-            #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 120
-            #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 6000
+            #channelmix.upmix-method = psd  # none, simple
+            #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 150
+            #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 12000
             #channelmix.rear-delay = 12.0
-            #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.1
+            #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.0
             #channelmix.hilbert-taps = 0
             channelmix.disable     = true
             #node.param.Props      = {
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
index 5294f7a42..c818ce302 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ stream.properties = {
     #channelmix.normalize  = false
     #channelmix.mix-lfe    = false
     #channelmix.upmix      = true
-    #channelmix.upmix-method = simple  # none, psd
-    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 120
-    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 6000
+    #channelmix.upmix-method = psd  # none, simple
+    #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 150
+    #channelmix.fc-cutoff  = 12000
     #channelmix.rear-delay = 12.0
-    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.1
+    #channelmix.stereo-widen = 0.0
     #channelmix.hilbert-taps = 0
 }