Tidal hifi

Absolutely... without question. Although I switched to Qobuz... they have more high Rez titles. But for the price of a CD or album a month you get access to nearly an infinite amount of music much of it in higher than red book CD format. I guess this presupposes you have a system better than a iPhone. But with my system it is as good or better than a cd and comes very very close to vinyl... and I listen to it 85%+ of the time,

You can sign up for a 30 day free trial and decide for yourself. Alternatives to consider are Apple Music lossless launching this month, Spotify HiFi later this year, Amazon Music HD, and Qobuz.

Where are you located? In the US, Tidal HiFi is not premium price if you subscribe through Best Buy. $120/year ($100 if you register and sign in with free bestbuy.com account). For those who currently have an active Tidal account, you can cancel it and let it expire after your monthly renewal date, then do the Best Buy subscription without losing playlists and favorites.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=tidal+subscription

My comparison between Tidal and Amazon lead to me adopting Amazon. I'm a Prime member so this is $13 bucks a month and the catalog has many things (classical, jazz) that I couldn't find on Tidal. Sound quality impossible to tell apart, for me.

Qobuz is better for my tastes but Tidal is still an excellent service do a free trial of both and see which you prefer.

“Is tidal hifi worth the premium price in your humble opinion?”

OP,

Well it depends, many here are quite happy with subpar Spotify streaming as they value content over superb sound quality offered by Qobuz and Tidal. How resolving your system is? Is streaming your prime source of listening?