Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile?

I can get sensational sound quality from steaming Tidal's upper quality service

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Tidal is fantastic.  Tidal is also a good tool to find new vinyl

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@clearthink...I interpreted this is mean "if you like the album, (songs, music, etc) then you can buy the vinyl copy.

I did this all the time with CDs.  If I was interested in the artist/title, I would buy the CD, if I liked the CD, I would purchase it on vinyl.

Tidal has eliminated the "CD" step.  I haven't bought a CD in a couple of years.  I listen to it on Tidal, if I like it, I'll buy the LP.

YMMV

there are only a couple of Joe Bonamassa on vinyl

Not true. The label Provogue released almost all of his albums on LP a few years ago.. I have at least 6 or 7. 

A quick look on Discogs, shows that they are still for sale with pretty decent prices.

Apart from the ticks and the plops, vinyl suffers higher distortion, a non-flat frequency response, lower dynamic range, and lower channel separation.

...and incredibly, it sounds better.  Huh.

I have made comparisons to DSD and find that my PCM files are just as good.

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I also leave everything in .wav format because I have found that AIFF, ALAC, FLAC and other formats compromise the SQ.

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Vinyl sounds better to who? Everyone? Show me the survey.

Don't think I said that it sounds better to everyone?  It was my statement, so that would imply that it sounds better to me.