What makes tape sound better than vinyl ?

Ez answer
recording on tape makes sound better than recording on vinyl
quality of player is also contributing factor 
I remember having first original cassette Ride the lighting that I always preferred listening to over CD and wasn’t impressed of vinyl either 
I’m sure i or anyone else can share more instances or already shared in this giant solitaire 

I certainly have quite a few recording on cassette that sound better than CD or streamed tidal versions.
However I also have a fair number that are god awful too! Lol

I am still without Studer, too many things distract me from this project.

I can’t remember who posted about the 1/2 track, but I agree.  What made it so good was running at high speeds and the width of the tape, made for the best reproduced sound I’ve ever heard.  There simply isn’t enough room on a cassette tape and they run so slow, it’s too easy to get saturation.  There are a number of older LP’s that sound awful.  I had a friend come over last week and they brought a cd of the group Stained.  It was very dynamic, well produced and sounded awesome.  I’m really not “in to” that type of music anymore, but it sounded great. I proceeded to put on the album “Aqualung.”  It Sounded like an am radio, compared to the Stained cd.  What a shame, the producer/engineer rolled so much of it off.  Really like that album, but can’t hardly listen to the cd or lp.  Some albums just weren’t very well recorded or mixed down.

My recollection of the tape vs vinyl comparisons stemmed largely from comparing open reel to reel tapes at 30ips vs 33rpm vinyl. Under only those circumstances did tape even come close to besting vinyl. Now if one talks about open mic recordings on reel to reel 30ips tapes, then the outcome is different.