(...) I would not listen for some elusive analog magic specific to the medium, however. I only would care if, on classical music, the analog sounds truer to my reference of live music -- or memories thereof, that's all we can go by -- than the digital. If it does, that's all the "magic" I need, and my only measure for it.
It is one of the dangers of using real music in concerts as a reference - we start appreciating more digital for the closer approach to real music and start neglecting the "magic". This happens particularly with complex music, but surely depends a lot on how we listen to music.
Please note I also really enjoy tape and vinyl. But there are recordings I really prefer in digital.