diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler_Carbon.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler_Carbon.cpp
index 7d45db5a89..d8c7f4f635 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler_Carbon.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler_Carbon.cpp
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int InputHandler_Carbon::Run(void *data)
 		(*i)->StartQueue( loopRef, InputHandler_Carbon::QueueCallBack, This, n++ );
 	This->mLoopRef = loopRef;
 	
-	SetThreadPrecedence( 30 ); // Somewhat arbitrary but less than the sound decoding thread
+	SetThreadPrecedence( 100 );
 
 	/*
 	 * The function copies the information out of the structure, so the memory pointed
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_CA.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_CA.cpp
index fe2751549f..2ebd596504 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_CA.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Sound/RageSoundDriver_CA.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ OSStatus RageSound_CA::OverloadListener( AudioDeviceID inDevice,
 void RageSound_CA::SetupDecodingThread()
 {
 	/* Increase the scheduling precedence of the decoder thread. */
-	SetThreadPrecedence( 32 );
+	SetThreadPrecedence( 50 );
 }
 
 /*