I am certainly not an expert in either analog or digital recording or playback. I look at the more simplistic analysis, in that we humans are analog creatures, naturally not a bit of digital in the body (yes we can add digital items such as cochlear hearing, heart pace makers and such).
Could it be a fundamental thing (for want of a better expression) that our brains are attuned to analog more so than the sound digital zero and ones produce from the source.
Digital devices can manipulate sounds to any requirement, but to my limited understanding analog can also be manipulated (cartridges, speakers) but they are still analog, in tune with the brain.
Have I got this one way out there? 🇦🇺