diff --git a/engines/scumm/detection.cpp b/engines/scumm/detection.cpp
index 9f0f79d4c97..cf6336ce0bf 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/detection.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ static const ExtraGuiOption fmtownsTrimTo200 = {
 	false
 };
 
+static const ExtraGuiOption macV3LowQualityMusic = {
+	_s("Play simplified music"),
+	_s("This music was presumably intended for low-end Macs, and uses only one channel."),
+	"mac_v3_low_quality_music",
+	false,
+};
 
 const ExtraGuiOptions ScummMetaEngineDetection::getExtraGuiOptions(const Common::String &target) const {
 	ExtraGuiOptions options;
@@ -209,6 +215,9 @@ const ExtraGuiOptions ScummMetaEngineDetection::getExtraGuiOptions(const Common:
 	if (target.empty() || (ConfMan.get("platform", target) == "fmtowns" && guiOptions.contains(GUIO_TRIM_FMTOWNS_TO_200_PIXELS))) {
 		options.push_back(fmtownsTrimTo200);
 	}
+	if (target.empty() || (ConfMan.get("gameid", target) == "loom" && ConfMan.get("platform", target) == "macintosh" && ConfMan.get("extra", target) != "Steam")) {
+		options.push_back(macV3LowQualityMusic);
+	}
 	return options;
 }
 
diff --git a/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.cpp b/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.cpp
index 0fcf6170b49..7bd90b8821b 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.cpp
@@ -96,13 +96,29 @@
 
 namespace Scumm {
 
-Player_V3M::Player_V3M(ScummEngine *scumm, Audio::Mixer *mixer)
-	: Player_Mac(scumm, mixer, 5, 0x1E, true) {
+Player_V3M::Player_V3M(ScummEngine *scumm, Audio::Mixer *mixer, bool lowQuality)
+	: Player_Mac(scumm, mixer, 5, lowQuality ? 01 : 0x1E, true) {
 	assert(_vm->_game.id == GID_LOOM);
 
-	// Channel 0 seems to be what was played on low-end macs, that couldn't
-	// handle multi-channel music and play the game at the same time. I'm
-	// not sure if stream 4 is ever used, but let's use it just in case.
+	// This is guesswork, but there are five music channels.
+	//
+	// Channel 0 seems to be a one-voice arrangement of the melody,
+	// presumably intended for low-end Macs. So that is used for the
+	// low-quality music.
+	//
+	// Channels 1-4 are the full arrangement of the melody, so that is what
+	// is used by default. Channel 4 never seems to be used - in fact, most
+	// of the time it uses the "silent" instrument, but we include it
+	// anyway, just in case.
+	//
+	// I wish I could hear this on real hardware, because Mac emulation is
+	// still a bit wonky here. But the low quality music seems to be close
+	// to what I hear in Mini vMac, when emulating an old black and white
+	// Mac, and the standard music is close to what I hear in Basilisk II.
+	//
+	// The original could further degrade the sound quality by playing it
+	// through the Mac synth instead of using digitized instruments, but
+	// we don't support that at all.
 }
 
 bool Player_V3M::loadMusic(const byte *ptr) {
@@ -124,8 +140,7 @@ bool Player_V3M::loadMusic(const byte *ptr) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	uint i;
-	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
 		int instrument = READ_BE_UINT16(ptr + 20 + 2 * i);
 		int offset = READ_BE_UINT16(ptr + 30 + 2 * i);
 
diff --git a/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.h b/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.h
index ea2d10e252f..c1d8e30ef3b 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.h
+++ b/engines/scumm/players/player_v3m.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ScummEngine;
  */
 class Player_V3M : public Player_Mac {
 public:
-	Player_V3M(ScummEngine *scumm, Audio::Mixer *mixer);
+	Player_V3M(ScummEngine *scumm, Audio::Mixer *mixer, bool lowQuality);
 
 	bool loadMusic(const byte *ptr) override;
 	bool getNextNote(int ch, uint32 &samples, int &pitchModifier, byte &velocity) override;
diff --git a/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp b/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
index d422a5e2da5..b40ab9ef38d 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/scumm.cpp
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ void ScummEngine::setupMusic(int midi, const Common::String &macInstrumentFile)
 	} else if (_game.platform == Common::kPlatformAmiga && _game.version <= 4) {
 		_musicEngine = new Player_V4A(this, _mixer);
 	} else if (_game.platform == Common::kPlatformMacintosh && _game.id == GID_LOOM) {
-		_musicEngine = new Player_V3M(this, _mixer);
+		_musicEngine = new Player_V3M(this, _mixer, ConfMan.getBool("mac_v3_low_quality_music"));
 		((Player_V3M *)_musicEngine)->init(macInstrumentFile);
 	} else if (_game.platform == Common::kPlatformMacintosh && _game.id == GID_MONKEY) {
 		_musicEngine = new Player_V5M(this, _mixer);