DV Stream Export Settings, Locked or Unlocked Audio

When capturing VHS tapes into Final Cut Express, I always keep my Canopus ADVC110 at the default settings, including locked audio.
I don't understand why Final Cut Express' export as DV Stream includes a little box to check or uncheck, for locked or unlocked audio. The FCE default is unchecked (unlocked), and I've been keeping it that way during export.
What does this do to the DV file?

Ok, I understand. Me too. I archive photos, video & audio - TIFF for stills, AIFF for audio, but for video I wouldn't pick DVStream. It's not really like TIFF or AIFF. DVStream is the format recorded on miniDV tapes and at this point is reaching technological obsolescence.
If you're trying to digitally preserve your VHS videos, QuickTime Movie would be far preferable to DVStream, technically today as well as considering its forward life. The codecs are the same, but the contents of the files are different. DVStream interleaves the audio, video & control streams (which is why it's so difficult to edit). QuickTime contains parallel video, audio & control tracks.
If you have captured your material via a Canopus ADVC, you are editing QuickTime/DV-NTSC in Final Cut. When you export to QuickTime Movie you are getting the exact same material. When you export to QuickTime Conversion to DVStream, FCE has to parse all your video & audio and reassemble it into the chunks required to assemble the DVStream file. To use the file in the future you will need software that supports DVStream. Even today, while FCE can work with DVStream, it has to render the audio before it's usable. Doesn't have to do that with QuickTime. There are even more issues, but I think you get the point.

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Moving from 32kHz to 48 will only make the file size
larger and can't improve the audio.
Doesn't FCP or FCE import your file at 32. Or does it
change it to 48 after import?
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But, you posted before I could do that.
Here is post 1, edited in this post since I cannot get back into the post 1 original.
If you are using for your 1920 x 1080 (50i) source and the export settings
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Computer
MPEG2
with Presets = H.264 1920 x 1080i25
The default bitrate settings are VBR with Target 20 Mbps and Maximum 21 Mbps (that is with Profile High and Level 4.0)
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Add On...some of the details above were edited since I overlooked in the original write up that this question was related to 9 instead of 13.
But, with regard to
However, all other factors aside, which is the bitrate that you consider proper for Full HD 1080i?
I am still going with exploration and experimentation, but zeroing in on about 18 to 26 Mbps for the MPEG2 H.264 1920 x 1080 (50i).
Please see my comments on setting Profile and Level to accommodate Advanced export settings to set up to max 35/35 instead of 21/21.
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