Comment by rahimnathwani

Yeah that point wasn't lost on me.

Maybe it's due to my age, but CDs don't seem that analog to me.

A few things CDs don't have that tapes and/or vinyl do:

- gradual degradation from repeated use

- need for maintenance (e.g. cleaning vinyl with a brush, or occasionally splicing a broken tape[0])

- time and effort needed to move to the next song or replay the current one (and my first tape deck didn't have a rewind button, so I had to eject the tape, flip the cassette, forward, then flip back and hope I had gotten to roughly the right point)

- the ability to directly manipulate the medium, e.g. using a hand to move the record slightly faster, or using a pencil to wind a tape

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXx2nq6dmpg