I'm really enjoying this thread - it's interesting and it's helpful.

Stepping beyond the original question, though, of how others feel about the sound of their own voices on recording, I wonder why we record our voices at all. For me, it is a tool.

I don't record myself on my computer to listen to myself in the evening and admire my voice. I record so that I can fix my mistakes. I've been surprised so many times to find that not only does a song not sound like I thought it did, as far as my vocal quality, but it doesn't sound like I WANTED it to, or meant it to, even in tempo, or in pitch, or in expression. Many times, the way a song feels as one is singing it is not the way a song comes to the ear.

Recording and listening to yourself can be a marvelous self-teaching device. Another writer suggested recording yourself again and again, and I couldn't agree more. You will get over the sound of your voice, and you'll find yourself listening not to YOU, but to what you're singing. Believe me, there will come a day when you listen to one of your recordings, and you will say, "Now THAT'S what I wanted!"