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I don't necessarily agree that an upwards SRC degrades the sound. It certainly changes it but if you use a very high quality SRC I think it is often beneficial. Plugins sound better to me at higher sample rates, albeit subtly.
In any case, I vote for recording at the higher sample rate. In my experience if you are using good SRC (or very good D-A / A-D conversion) the end result is still better than 44.1 to begin with.
Its all subtle degrees in my experience but why not do what sounds best. Or of course, test it yourself and do whatever sounds best to you. I did and so far I always prefer higher sample rates for recording and often prefer upsampling for mastering. YMMV.
-Silas
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