Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile?

It depends.  For me Tidal is about convenience when I don't have time, or don't want to play an album or dig out a CD.  I also use Audrivana for my DSD's, but I love the selection of Tidal, and I'll tell you sounds pretty good coming out of my Legacy Classic HD's.  Sure, there is a bit of SQ drop off as compared to my other media but it's about finding new music and ease.  I also run Tidal on my built in speakers around the house when entertaining as I've built some great playlists.  

I may get roasted for this, but you don't have to be an "audiophile" 100% of the time.  Sometimes more than not it's about the music you enjoy listening too, versus listening to the perfect recordings to get the most out of your system.

“you don’t have to be an "audiophile" 100% of the time“

@dhpeck,

I get what you saying, more than often I enjoy listening to Tidal through my SONOS speakers placed throughout the house instead of heading to my dedicated audio room.

Sounds like I am not the only one who has added a Tidal feed to other parts of the house bar the "audio room".

However my findings are that Tidal streamed through my Bluesound Vault 2 and fed via digital coax to my exogal comet plus out to BAT power amp and into Wilson witt speakers sounds noticeably better than CD Redbook playback or even ripped wav files. That is to my ears in my system.
Especially the Tidal masters at 96 and up depending on the release. 

And after saying all that I find myself on a vinyl binge tonight....lol

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.