"... least 50% of audiophiles are perfectly happy with 44100 hz sampling."
Ah, and there we are, your in that 50%. You continue down the path of 1979, I'm movig on. Wait I can't, your 50% is too stuburn! You'll have plenty of more times to regurgitate what you have posted again, because eventually the entity that keeps your "perfect solution" alive will have to up the bar if they want fight piracy. Wether we like it or not, sales will dictate who's camp will have prevail. I'm hopeful users mine, it makes sense. If they up the numbers, I will be happy and you can down sample to that 70's spec. Win/win, but not enough see it that way.