Digital was a badge of honor back in the 80s and 90s when CDs were new. No hiss, better sound. They Used to label CDs with 3 letters (the SARS code) : A for an

Digital was a badge of honor back in the 80s and 90s when CDs were new. No hiss, better sound. They Used to label CDs with 3 letters (the SARS code) : A for analog D for digital. For recording, mixing and mastering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_code We had a high school radio station (10 Watts, mono FM). One kid had all these great classic rock albums he was getting from his neighbor who was giving him them when he got the redone CD versions. Even my old Sony V6 headphones have a "For Digital" sticker on them which thinking about it is pure marketing. I mean we tried A/B testing when I was kid, CD vs Cassettes. The Cassettes with dolbyC sounded better when recorded from CD onto decent tapes (they were a little louder) and it was hard to tell the difference anyway. Maybe in the quiet passages you could hear hiss... CDs were a better format though and we knew it. Becuase cars and cd walkmans were rare, my CDs were often copied to cassettes. At some point its good enough, just enjoy the performance.