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talon, you may be convolving bit rate and word length. I suspect this because you mentioned "1411 kbps". A bit rate of 1411 corresponds to a stereo 44.1 KHz 16-bit file. We don't normally refer to bit rate with wave files, but that's how Windows Explorer reports them, and that may be the source of your confusion. If you export a 16-bit file at 44100 Hz, and Windows reports that as having a bitrate of 1411, then all is well.

Hello Bitflipper. If what you are saying is true, and i accept that it is, then the problem is , why does windows media player report the file is not playable, and none of the CDs I have burned will play in any of my players? I am using the Sonar CD burning function. The players all read the discs as unreadable, as if they are data and not WAV files.
Any ideas? I have been burning CDs since the old Pro Audio 9 days and never seen anything like this.
Thanks

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So it looks like the MOTU 828x driver is in mortal combat with Windows drivers but it is winning. Still no Windows media player. Motu support seems to be fine with that.. make a note... But the weirdest thing is several of my CD players all seemed to have died simultaneously. I dug out some others and found the discs do play after all. Must be a cosmic inversion in my studio... or I need  to get some new equipment.   Thanks so much to bitflipper and THambrecht for their helpful input. It was much appreciated.