Stupid query: if a number of the finest remasters come from new mixes utilizing the grasp tapes, why aren’t we listening to the music on tape as a substitute of different mediums?

I’m an uninformed pleb when involves these items, so I’m simply asking this query to get an understanding of the distinction in tape-based mediums versus all these music codecs. When it involves individuals’s most popular approach of listening to music, the controversy on-line at all times appears to be squarely between vinyl records and digital codecs. I by no means see anybody advocating 8-tracks or cassette tapes as one of the best format for listening to music.

So when a number of the most prized vinyl records are these from firms that promise all-analog manufacturing utilizing the unique grasp tapes, why is not there some type of tape-based format that’s thought of superior to vinyl and digital, since that was the medium the music was initially recorded to? Thanks for tolerating my bizarre query!