Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile?

I agree that CD's sound better after they are ripped. All they are is
"data" and once in that format they are easier to render into music. Putting your CDs in a library will make them sound better as well as make them more accessible and in my opinion more fun to use.

The question posed by the OP doesn't sit well with me. I understand having a discussion about Tidal and the quality of the service vs. other sources but it's that "worthy of an audiophile" part that gets me. Are there standards one must meet to qualify as an "audiophile"? What if a component that I use does not qualify as being "worthy of an audiophile", does that exclude me from the club? What are the standards? Who establishes them? If you have more money does that make it easier to qualify as an audiophile because you can afford the "proper" products? The point I am making is that I don't like labels. To me if we must use the term "audiophile" it is simply someone who cares about music and strives to get the best sound out of whatever system they have regardless of price. Just my two cents.

+1 @falconquest 
However the op has been conspicuous by his absence of late so not sure if he will respond to that excellent question.

Tidal hifi/master sounds better than anything I've tried. I have both a Tidal and a Spoitfy account. I've A/B'd recordings I'm very familiar with and those I'm not - Tidal wins every time.

Useless without a proper DAC however.

I love Tidal. I stream their jazz collection through my Oppo BDP 103 into my DAC and it is wonderful. So many good albums and so fun to search for the really good sounding ones. Multibit dac.