[Stephen]

How anyone can think mono sounds better that a nice full stereo sound stage is beyond me.

From a technology and sound perspective digital to analogue is the best for sound quality as it guarantees the duplicated tapes are all the same from the digital master.

As the more a tape is played the worse it will sound, the more it's run through the duplicater it will decline in quality. So the 1st made will sound better than the 2000 copy.

Where as digital any duplicates will all have the same quality and is now the way most tapes and records are made now.