Was the defense arguing that QJ's work was of less value because the sound quality was crappy? Like Quincy said, his value was selecting the music, doing the arrangement, finding talent etc. Let's face it guys, 99% of the people out there, including that entire jury most likely, don't care one whit about sound quality. It's all about gestalt, and we (and Michael Fremer) have a completely different gestalt as far as music playback is concerned from the rest of the world.
BTW my favorite Quincy album is Back on the Block. Smackwater Jack is pretty nice too.