Phil wrote:
> I realize I can record at lower safer levels with the 24bit resolution
> but I was wondering if sampling at 96 or 88 and resampling to my final
> level of 44.1 after post processing has any advantage.

I would wonder if there are consumer devices out where 48/16 is the
limiting factor. Usually the SNR is limited more or less below 90dB by
anything else in the signal path. And most devices use oversampling
anyway. Normally the dynamics and bandwidth of 48/16 is sufficient for
any home audio application.
Of course, if we are talking about professional recording devices at
least the 24 bit are useful because it makes the recording level much
more safe. And for measurement purposes 96kHz is useful too.
Whether 88 or 96kHz is useful for your post processing is another
question. In theory it is not, unless you do a frequency transformation.


Marcel