Can Streamed Music Sound Better than any other source?

@gawdblessYes I heartily agree about the streaming abilities of the BBC but they are using the most quality that they are allowed by the EU ( maybe we'll get our airwaves back after Brexit ) . They already put out two streams for people to sample 128 and 320 kbps .flv files and really they are rather good as I have often been thrilled by the quality of some of their Mahler and Richard Strauss broadcasts. Do remember that quality also comes from mike placement and the BBC go for the simplest for the task in hand and I have attended concerts that were recorded for later broadcast and all they used for the recording was a crossed pair and a spot for the soloist. later they would broadcast it and it was a very believable acoustic and superb sound.
I laughed at your bit about the luvies and to a point I have to agree but there is one thing that burns up the license fee more which is the exorbitant fees that they pay these vacuous and extremely loud airheads in these awfull soaps that Brittain gets flooded with every night. I think the watchword for these idiots is who can shout the loudest. One of the latest and greatest who can hardly string a sentance together and co hosts a Saturday night dancing contest fo about 15 episodes gets £440.000 for that alone. No the license fee is dribbled away by the programs where the worse that you are at acting the better you are paid.

Robberman- Thanks for providing the info I was asking for. Perhaps a 
poll would have been a better Idea: Rank the best sounding source in order: Phono, Digital Disk, Streamed. Anyone with ears can score
their preference.

OP
  polls are fun, but meaningless.  We all have different preferences.  I wouldn’t waste my resources buying what other people like unless it sounds right to your ears

123,

Generally nobody wants others to decide what sound they will like best.
However if you consider my poll thought you might find that this poll is a relative question that would possibly be interesting to many people unfamiliar with different sources.

I was skeptical about streaming and HDD audio storage....  I messed around ripping cds via computer to a hard drive, and while convenient to play it was a pain adding new music....

Then I bought a Bluesound Vault 2i and it changed my life....     I did a trial subscription to Tidal and the sound quality is awesome.    I was using my OPPO 103 to access songs on a hard drive but the Vault is so much better.   

I can access the Vault through my OPPO and control it via IR remote and see album art on the TV or just use the BluOS app on my phone or tablet to control it.

It has two way Blutooth communication so a guest can stream to it or the Vault can stream to a tablet.  

I did not expect it to sound that great through it's analog outs but I was wrong.   MQA files for the most part sound great, like any format there are a few that didn't impress but I have to believe it's the original source material.   It sounds so good that it's hard to say which is better , it's output with MQA or the 96k stream my DAC sees...  I will say one thing.  I won't replace my current DAC until I can afford one that sounds better and can unfold MQA.