Calling it pseudoscience is a little simplistic IMHO. There are double-blinded studies which shows experts can distinguish between 44khz and 88khz sampling rat

Calling it pseudoscience is a little simplistic IMHO. There are double-blinded studies which shows experts can distinguish between 44khz and 88khz sampling rates. The Pras & Guastavino paper [1] is the most convincing and offers insight on the difference between content types. In particular, for the recording test, the differences only held for orchestral content, not other types of music. There are earlier studies which shows the general public cannot discriminate e.g. Meyer and Moran [2], which kicked off the entire controversy back in the day. And even the Meyer and Moran paper points out in the conclusion that the introduction of higher bandwidth audio in turn has enabled recording engineers to spend more time on producing quality recordings, and that has increased listening quality for all users, versus recordings made just to maximize loudness. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257068631_Sampling_Rate_Discrimination_441_kHz_vs_882_kHz https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257068631_Sampling_... [2] https://drewdaniels.com/audible.pdf https://drewdaniels.com/audible.pdf