You're confusing a couple of things here. DR is substantially increased with digital recording; so is SNR. Behaviour at the upper end of the DR differs between

You're confusing a couple of things here. DR is substantially increased with digital recording; so is SNR. Behaviour at the upper end of the DR differs between digital and analog media. Whereas tape, for instance, saturates (which may induce pleasant distortion!), digital audio clips (which induces headaches). However, that doesn't really matter in practice if the audio engineer in question is worth his salt. Levels at every point of the digital chain need to be adjusted accordingly: the old strategy of keeping everything close-to-maximum doesn't work anymore. One keeps everything well below clipping point instead. Overeager compression (specifically, limiting) is a whole different problem, especially with modern pop production.