VHS Hi-Fi is the best quality analog audio format, it’s so good you may as well use a CD for the marginal gains.
When people talk about analog they are almost certainly talking about the noise floor that isn’t present in digital, I believe reel to reel is equivalent to 8 bit audio depth. that’s what the tape hiss is all about .
to be fair I don’t buy a lot, mostly because of the price, but I’ve never seen a digital card advertised. it’s always just been a nice surprise in something I was buying anyway. so I’m saying I’d buy more if it was a standard practice or advertised better.