You can still understand a noisy analogue transmission. With digital you get it or you don't.
The counterpoint to that is that for the same SNR where you're at barely (or not at all) audible or garbled on analog, you have absolutely clear digital audio.
The counterpoint to that is that for the same SNR where you're at barely (or not at all) audible or garbled on analog, you have absolutely clear digital audio.