Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
If the 44.1/16 bandwidth is sufficient to cover all audible phenomena, then why is it that this bandwidth has never been the standard used by professional sound engineers and mixers with original recordings and during the mixing process? .
It's always been my understanding that it is more of a headroom issue, the higher sampling rates allows for more headroom so the recording level can be hotter, which lowers the noise floor.