diff --git a/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.cpp b/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.cpp
index 3d14ade..969517f 100644
--- a/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.cpp
+++ b/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ AudioMirror::HookedResult AudioMirror::run_hooked(AudioRingHeader* const* rings)
 		}
 
 		char st[96];
-		std::snprintf(st, sizeof(st), "Mirroring (hooked, no echo): %u Hz %u ch %u-bit", rate, channels, bits);
+		std::snprintf(st, sizeof(st), "Mirroring (hooked): %u Hz %u ch %u-bit", rate, channels, bits);
 		set_status(st);
 		source_.store(Source::Hooked, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 		running_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
diff --git a/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.hpp b/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.hpp
index d181256..64d3a27 100644
--- a/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.hpp
+++ b/host/src/audio/audio_loopback.hpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public:
 		switch (source())
 		{
 		case Source::Hooked:
-			return "Hooked (no echo)";
+			return "Hooked"; // echo depends on the format provenance; the panel shows it
 		case Source::Loopback:
 			return "Loopback (echo)";
 		default:
diff --git a/host/src/audio_panel.cpp b/host/src/audio_panel.cpp
index 00b92e0..b735a70 100644
--- a/host/src/audio_panel.cpp
+++ b/host/src/audio_panel.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,20 @@ void AudioPanel::draw_ui(const HookStatusView& status, bool debug_details)
 		ImGui::TextColored(kGreen, "Mirroring  %u Hz, %u ch", mirror_.sample_rate(), mirror_.channels());
 		ImGui::Text("Source:");
 		ImGui::SameLine();
-		ImGui::TextColored(hooked ? kGreen : kAmber, "%s", mirror_.source_name());
+		if (hooked)
+		{
+			// The hooked path only silences (no echo) an EXACT / override format, whose frame
+			// size is known. A guessed stream is captured but not silenced (silencing a guessed
+			// buffer could over-write it), so the game stays audible -- an echo. Make that clear.
+			const std::uint32_t st = status.audio_streams[0].format_state;
+			const bool no_echo = (st == AudioFormat_Exact || st == AudioFormat_Override);
+			ImGui::TextColored(no_echo ? kGreen : kAmber, "Hooked (%s)",
+			                   no_echo ? "no echo" : "echo -- guessed format");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			ImGui::TextColored(kAmber, "%s", mirror_.source_name());
+		}
 
 		// Where the rendered format came from -- so it's clear the playback pitch is right.
 		// Hooked: the primary stream's provenance (exact / measured). Loopback: the audio is