[hotgoldminer]

Depending on what you're listening to (and more to the point - how what you were listening to was recorded/mastered), an analog medium sounds better. Same can be said for a digital medium, of course. It is a tool box. I put the tools I need in the box.

In that light, medium does somewhat equate to being an active listener - you evidence that you care about how the music was made in the first place.