This takes me back to the frustrations of trying to record band rehearsals in small spaces using the built-in-mic (a very long time ago).

Poor fidelity of cassette tape medium was the least of the issues. The biggest problem was the built in mic's inability to handle the overall volume.

Lots of experimentation with placement of the recorder (and thus mic) within the rehearsal space would eventually yield results that were no longer useless -- but still pretty, pretty bad. I do not miss cassette.

To be honest I don't really even miss analog -- but this comes to down convenience and flexibility rather than fidelity comparisons.

Said another way: there are no analog DAWs (a redundant and captain-obvious statement, I do realize).