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Originally Posted by zedhed
From Cliff @ Fractal Audio:
Some maintain that the sample rate was lowered so that Beethoven's 9th would fit on a single CD. Others claim that it was because that rate was compatible with video equipment. IMO 44.1 kHz is insufficient for professional audio.
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Both are true, however the discs became 12cm instead of the original 10cm to fit Beethoven's 9th. The head of Sony was good friends with a conductor at the time, or so the story goes.
44.1 is divisible by the number of lines and frame-rate of the U-matic recorders which were modified for digital audio.