The area where digital was furthest from the tape was in the upper octaves. There was a huge loss of information. Cymbals sounded like tin cans rattling around. And the upper octaves sounded very brittle compared to the tapes.
Anybody in the Seattle area have an LP with a killer recording of cymbals we can use? I have several red-book CDs where I thought that the cymbals are very well recorded and don't sound like tin cans - Happy Coat (FIM K2HD) and 88 Basie Street (JVC XRCD) comes to mind.