"Good" in this case is very much in the eyes of the beholder. If your end-goal is accurate reproduction of the recorded signal, both vinyl records and compact c

"Good" in this case is very much in the eyes of the beholder. If your end-goal is accurate reproduction of the recorded signal, both vinyl records and compact cassettes are awful. But that might just not be the end goal. Cassettes certainly have some unique qualities that may be musically useful despite their signal reproduction shortcomings, just like driving a guitar amplifier to distortion has. As a form of expression it has no obligation to be convenient or accurate, and it's hard to deny that the medium ultimately is part of the expression.