      return 0;
  }
  
-
- 
 
     // Create Voice Processing Audio Unit
     AudioComponentDescription desc;
@@ -1219,20 +1247,6 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    // Set preferred hardware sample rate to 16 kHz
-    Float64 sampleRate(16000.0);
-    result = AudioSessionSetProperty(
-                         kAudioSessionProperty_PreferredHardwareSampleRate,
-                         sizeof(sampleRate), &sampleRate);

     //////////////////////
     // Setup Voice Processing Audio Unit
 
@@ -1438,6 +1462,8 @@
                  "  Current HW sample rate is %f, ADB sample rate is %d",
              hardwareSampleRate, _adbSampFreq);
 
