painfully crappy sounds

i got a hi-fi headphone system so i wouldn't have to spend $$$$$$$$$ on a hi-fi stereo.

now it's painful to listen to my stereo system, which cost, in its entirety, less than one of my pairs of headphones. in a word: it sucks. hard.

and it doesn't help when the mp3 i'm listening to is overcompressed -- and now i am tuned to hear crappy compression.

i've trained my ears with good music like i've trained my palate with good scotch. now i have a higher standard. music on the stereo now counts as "slumming". sigh.