Jason Gorman has a rather, um, forceful posting on the benefits of high quality In my experience, I’ve almost always regretted compromising on a quality issue, often within a couple of weeks.
Interestingly, near-perfection is the norm the performing arts. Producers still come to high-cost locations like London and Los Angeles to record scores because the skill level is so high that it’s worth it. It would be nice to think we could achieve the same.