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Ghost
Great question that I have never even considered.
But it does.
Master analog recording is all done on high speed tapes.
I'm sure Google knows....

Dumping anything to tape without careful level matching will get you hooked on several things:

gain
a little low end bump
a whisker of high end roll off (16 k and up )
bit of saturation and harmonics your ear brain likes...

u can get some of the same effect w a high end Casa deck for a lot less $$ ( tape )

B-77 high speed half track in the mobile recording rack....

I guess I could also ask why does an lp sound better at 45rpm than 33rpm?
why should tape sound better at 15ips than 7.5ips or 3.75ips?
Inquiring minds need to know!

I discovered this in 1983 with a Dokorder 4 track deck with needle drops of The Band (Rock of  Ages ) and the studio tech / recording engineer took me thru it bit by bit....

fun stuff, gain is like crack - or so they say...

Uber: that is apples to apples and all about information per unit of tape. Less info per inch of tape or inch of groove. Additionally for vinyl with 12” 45 the distance between cut grooves can be spaced much further which allows for better bass.

i was tempted to buy a derelict cutting lathe about ten years ago to learn... glad I didn’t do that...