# Sound quality of Prime 4 is superior to all others testes.. why?

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**Category:** Media Players
**Tags:** engine-prime
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/sound-quality-of-prime-4-is-superior-to-all-others-testes-why/58069 "2024-08-09T07:41:52Z")
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### Author: ![Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/user_avatar/community.enginedj.com/reese/32/875_2.png) [@Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reese)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/sound-quality-of-prime-4-is-superior-to-all-others-testes-why/58069/6 "2024-08-10T11:54:36Z")

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Recording at 24bit @ 192kHz from a playback is just utter nonsense to do, but by all means if you believe in it, that’s fine, of course! 👍🏻

Curious where you record from and what source the recording had?

If it’s a vinyl record, CD-quality settings are sufficient. That vinyl record most likely had a source master recorder with magnetic tape (Studer usually) and those had a noise floor of about -78dB. A turntable isn’t any better either. CD-quality 16bit @ 44kHz has a noise floor of -96dB, so sufficient for the task.

To circumvent the Nyquist frequency issue, you could go up to 48kHz.😌

Playback of the recording is fine as well, no need for high resolution: [https://youtu.be/UqiBJbREUgU](https://youtu.be/UqiBJbREUgU)

Only if you are the producer of the master recording and want to store that audio signal digitally, then 24bit @ 192kHz might be a good idea.

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