CD or Streaming... am I missing out?


I listen to CD in my headphone office system. Use a Theta Compli transport and a very nice and pricey tube 16/44 DAC. Have thought about a streaming capability and all its benefits but am both limited by SPDF and by 16/44 only. I also love the analog sound of my tube DAC. Does streaming sound far surpass CD? Am I missing out?
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I use a Cambridge CXN (V2) for streaming and a Sony XA 5400 ES for CD/SACD.  The Sony was a Stereophile A+ component for three years running a few years back.  I have streamed on Spotify but am 99% Tidal which is 16/44 FLAC almost exclusively.
I have about 750 CDs mostly from 10 - 15 years back and longer.  The Tidal CD is about as good as an SACD version played through the Sony.  There are streaming stations in about that same league but will take you some time to audition many to find them..  I short cut the ones I find in the Cambridge app.  Have 20 presets across many genres that are excellent.   For home use Cat 6 or 7 Ethernet if at all possible instead of wi-fi.