About the desirable noise of tapes: I find old Simpsons episodes much more lively than new ones because of the audio alone. Can't tell if it's the higher qualit

About the desirable noise of tapes: I find old Simpsons episodes much more lively than new ones because of the audio alone. Can't tell if it's the higher quality voice recordings or cause there's zero background noise in most scenes, but for some reason the new ones sound very sterile regardless of the content. And it's not a nostalgia thing cause I didn't watch the show at all until recently. Am I the only one?