Not everybody needs to make a professional-quality recording. Sometimes, a listener just wants to hear a friend or loved one. It's not unreasonable to want to make a reoording which is good but doesn't need to be top of the line.

It's funny when you consider how many people think they need a perfect recording, then they play it in the car while wheels are rumbling or they listen at work while phones are ringing and others are talking, etc.

Most of the emphasis on sound quality is just marketing. Most people don't know when music is out of tune or unnatural.

Recently I made a recording with a lot of hissing and sent it to the nephew of a friend. He has had to move away from all his friends.   He also got home from work recently to find his mother lying dead on the floor. When he asked for a reocrding of us playing, we did not start a months-long quest for perfect equipment at the best price. We banged it out, and he was thrilled. (I told him to listen to it in the car so the motor would drown out the hissing.)

Now we are mildly interested in doing a better job.