Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile?

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.

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.  

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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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