Technology - I've been suckered by music compression

I totally get this. Mp3s are ok but they don’t cut the mustard on a good hifi system. My cds all sound much better even though I’m using a relatively reasonable DAC on my system and putting it through thousands of £s of Arcam and Monitor Audio gear. I don’t rip at 128, generally 240 or so, but lowering of sound quality is still noticeable

'It seems that the music industry has got this piracy thing all wrong. The RIAA has
defended its product against an inferior but cheaper rival. It has not tried to make
its product better or cheaper to compete, nor has it attempted to market CDs in terms
of their own sonic superiority.
Instead of wasting money trying to protect its music with DRM or other things it
should be creating packages that your average pirate can't or will not provide.
Boxes that do not spontaneously self destruct the second you leave the shop would
be a start, but what about marketing the product on the basis of its sound quality?
Why not do more to develop technology that makes the sound even better but which
you will lose much of it all by compressing it?
Maybe, they should learn from the software industry where you allow update patches
you’re your CD which will provide you with more material, but only if you have a
licensed copy. Your average pirate is only going to duplicate the initial run of
an album, they are not going to bother with updates'.