Recording quality effect on listening pleasure ...

you know a lot of great movies were made in black and white. Probably some of the best movies ever but I still can't watch them. I like my movies in living color. That being said, music is different. I grew up cherishing bootleg records and tapes of live performances. Sure the quality sucked but if the show was great it really didn't seem to matter. now that I'm older and my stereo costs thousands of dollars I don't have the patience for inferior quality recordings like I use too.

Cheers to that, Dredhead!

'Recording quality effect on listening pleasure ...'

100% NO.

I have more problems with newer stuff,say, stuff made in the last 10~15 years, both music and movies.

JP,I'm with you.
I probably have been spoiled by decent systems and a Goldmund turntable and having collected recordings since the late 60's- but it's now a fact that I will no longer listen to a crappy sounding recording, no matter the quality of the music. There's a ton of excellent music out there, I like to listen to that which also sounds pleasing to my ear. I guess I figure I've listened to enough distortion and poor sound for this lifetime.
(On the other hand I am a backpacker and will still XC ski and tent in sub zero weather which friends find crazy, but I'm a northern boy, and I guess I still haven't had enough).
To each his own does say it all, doesn't it; especially in this hobby - and music in general.