audio quality vs. compression

[songpony]

Has anyone got enough history with Hoster to have determined where the best trade-off is for audio quality vs. compression? Right now I'm at the 96 default, and most of my stuff sounds OK - there are a few songs that I consider a bit "muddy" and some people have said they notice that "it's different" from when I played the CDs on a player (but they can't give me much more than that). Is there enough of a sound difference to be worth re-importing my 500 disks at the 128 level (or higher), or could I tweak the EQ on that mixer channel to brighten things up enough to accomplish pretty much the same thing? Any assistance / comments would be greatly appreciated.