The earmuff feature has been introduced and received with a lot of relief and satisfaction.

The clear implication here is that the default voice distance in the SDK is too high at 25 meters.

It's apparently calibrated to cover outdoor spaces, but the average hangout environment in VRChat is indoors. Thus, when world creators don't bother changing it, on average it's way too high and users suffer a painful audio experience.

Please drop the voice distance default to something that works for indoor environments. World creators who want to create an outdoor experience should bear the responsibility to increase voice distance.