The Prime was similar to the Basic in construction, different in circuit design. It had a single circuit board which contained the power supply, digital and analog sections. The digital section employed a single Motorola 56001 microprocessor running at 30 MHz. It was a 4x-oversampling unit and thus didn’t have the huge amount of information presented in the Basic or the Generation III. Compared to other D to A converters in its price class, however, it was nothing short of a miraculous improvement. Where previously there was only harsh, strident sound, lacking in detail, there was now musicality and enjoyment.
