What makes tape sound better than vinyl ?

I have two Sony Cassette decks; Sony TC-KA3ES. The purpose for having two, was to make tapes in the listening room, and listen to them late at night in the bedroom. That worked out just fine, but when metal tape was no longer available, I began to lose interest.

That deck really popped with metal tape, but the music didn't hold my interest with lesser tape. Our oldest automobile had a tape, but after we traded that in, it made the deck totally obsolete. I only use it for the few spoken word tapes that I have.

What does anybody think it's worth?


      http://www.kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/tc-ka3es.htm

Digital far exceeds cassette at a far less overall cost factor and is far easier to manage and maintain.

Cost factor and maintainability are not necessarily convincing arguments when dealing with audiophiles. You know.....

orpheus10, NOS sealed metal tapes are plenty on ebay. I have no idea of how much it might be worth, also depends on the condition, including heads condition. Question is are there many who would prefer Sony to Nakamichi ?

So would something like a Nak Dragon or Tandberg 3014 come close to a high end vinyl setup, or would it just be a waste of time? Just thought it would be cool to make some mix tapes from my vinyl.