Having a good microphone (good ones often cost over £1000) doesn't mean you have a good sounding room, or any idea where to put it>

Some of the comments on here really make me laugh.
What do you think the really good engineers have been learning through their apprenticeships?

There are some things that you can record at home, and thats what I do but I also spent years working in recording studios to learn how to do it.

I have heard plenty of CDs recorded by someone who has bought a mic and has a PC, and their mates declare that its as good as anything recorded in a "real" studio - well I can tell the difference and if you can't then you don't know what to listen for>
Perhaps it doesn't matter that there is phase cancellation all over it , and that it will sound unlistenable in mono played by your local radio station, or that there is muddy sub bass all over the place that you can't hear on you poxy speakers - but that someone who pays hard earned money for it will hear. You have a duty to them to.

Maybe you will get lucky or you are just very naturally gifted, but don't go making out that it doesn't take skill, knowledge and training to do it well and profesionally.