Does audio sound better on cassette tape than on CD?

Yah it's better on cassette

Nope         

Hhahahah, never in a million years.

No, cassette tapes were analog technology typically with a range of 40 to 15,000 Hz. There was ALWAYS a background hiss too. Plus a nasty tendecy to tangle up in the player. They also typically had a limited play life of around 100 plays before the hiss got worse or they failed completely.

CDs are digital with a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz, more than twice what  humans can hear & playback frequency range is quoted as flat from 20 - 20,000 Hz. In theory looked after a CD has an unlimited life.

no , tapes came in ferro oxide or chrome tapes depending on the sound quality and player settings , the cd came along at double the sampling rate of cassettes ,  better the sample rate the better the recording , cassette are 18,000 sampling rates , cds are 48,000 sampling rates , better sound . cassettes only last 10 times when played then lose there recording surface , cds at least 100 times before you repair them ..

SOME people find CD sound too crisp and clear.  They prefer the tape because it is "softer sounding"

Hell, I play 8 track tape and have listened to some songs so many times ; that when I got it on vinyl - I was amazed at the sounds I could no longer hear on the tape. (They wore off) & I never noticed.   Pink Floyd -Dark Side of the Moon.

Then again for me, I have multiple machines so I play whatever I have on.  I also have a digital recording of it to play on the computer when I could get downloads off the computer.

No, compact cassette tape is inferior even to vinyl, and don't let an audiophile tell you otherwise. All things being equal a CD will reproduce the recording more accurately, and consistently. ...That said, some CDs are very poorly mastered.

Not all CD's are equal. It's possible to have audiophile quality with a CD if the recording studio put that on it. There certainly can be enough dynamic range in that medium to surpass tape. I have heard very excellent reproduction on metal tape though. Metal tape audio cassettes generally were not  common in record shops, but they were used for mastering, not for mass produced records. A car is one of the worst listening environments, so when you audition media, you won't give either a fair chance against upholstery, wind, engine and tire noise. They can only sound as good as your worst speaker.

You can easily obtain a supply of blank CDs to carry your entertainment, but just try and find blank audio cassettes capable of carrying good recordings today. You can find voice quality ones at Target and Walmart, but forget high-bias chromium tape or Maxell Metal on the shelf anywhere.

There have been vinyl records and equipment capable of sounding just like the live performance, but most record shops never carried those very special issue records. Back in the 70's when an album sold for $3-$4, audiophile series vinyl disks could be found for $15 and up. You would only realize the full quality when using highest end turntables and cartridges.

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I can play anything from 78 rpm discs to reel-to-reel to 8 track to cassette to CD . . . although fascinated with the old equipment - I can hardly stand to listen to anything but CD's:  so clean,  noise free, distortion free.  I've got maybe 100 cassettes I made . . . and occasionally play with the Dolby C, recorded with compression and played with expansion etc etc . . . . . but nothing comes close to the CDs - including new vinyl.  And I really feel sorry for youngers who only listed to compressed crap on MP3s and ear buds - have no idea what floor shaking,, wide dynamic range high fidelity is all about.

No.  Tapes are analog.  CDs are digital, with perfect sound reproduction.