diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/SonicAudioProcessor.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/SonicAudioProcessor.java
index 5c3c1db0c7..41d2ca7a1d 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/SonicAudioProcessor.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/SonicAudioProcessor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class SonicAudioProcessor implements AudioProcessor {
   public static final int SAMPLE_RATE_NO_CHANGE = -1;
 
   /** The threshold below which the difference between two pitch/speed factors is negligible. */
-  private static final float CLOSE_THRESHOLD = 0.01f;
+  private static final float CLOSE_THRESHOLD = 0.0001f;
 
   /**
    * The minimum number of output bytes at which the speedup is calculated using the input/output