Extremly Long Waterfall Measurement Help

[Justin Loving]

Recently moved into a new house and I've been installing some acoustic absorption. The room is severely live sounding and I expected long delay times but 2 seconds seems a bit much after I've treated the front of the room. I've attached the REW file and some pictures of the room as well as screen shots of settings. Perhaps these measurements are correct and I just need to order absorption for the back of the room. I'm hoping someone can help and confirm if there is a problem.

I've listened to the mic input and it sounds like I would imagine. It seems to be hearing the room well. Apparently I can't upload attachments.

The room has wood floor with wood chair rail paneling and stucco like walls
Equipment:
Steinberg UR22MKII 2-Channel USB Interface
Dayton Audio EMM-6 Electret Measurement Microphone

Signal flow
Mic -> Steinberg - Mac REW
Mac -> Emotiva DC-1 - Adcom amp -> Speakers

REW File
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ycppnp29gf2jpv/trialresults.mdat?dl=0

Waterfall

• Justin Loving
• May 2, 2017

Rewsettings2

• Justin Loving
• May 2, 2017

Rewsettings1

• Justin Loving
• May 2, 2017

Room1

• Justin Loving
• May 2, 2017

Room2

• Justin Loving
• May 2, 2017

 

[John Mulcahy]

That's not a good measurement, noise and distortion are extremely high. Best check the phantom power is turned on for the mic and that the input isn't clipping.

 

[Justin Loving]

Thanks for confirming there is an issue. I do have to Crank the preamp gain. I'll recheck everything and try again.