That's interesting and it makes sense. Early and mid-stage audio courses focuses so much on the numerical differences between levels of digital integrity, 44.1

That's interesting and it makes sense. Early and mid-stage audio courses focuses so much on the numerical differences between levels of digital integrity, 44.1 vs 48 vs 88.2 vs 96, etc., and they mention that if you encode an audio sample and compare it with a waveform analyzer that you can see the differences between the audio waveforms. Which is true, but the differences are incredibly minor and mostly in the inaudible range, and those differences are really nothing once you consider how the audio is going to be altered and mangled to some degree by the DAC, amplification, and speakers they are played back through, the rooms they are played in, and by the listener themselves. Fidelity is always lost, so the smart thing would be, unless it is business critical with real money on the line, to find a balance. 96k is half the size of 192k but twice DVD audio rate. I would say that's a good place to be unless your paycheck depends on something better, and if they aren't played side-by-side on a tens of thousand dollars audio system within an expertly acoustically treated room you would never be able to detect the difference.