I agree with this. It works great in the apple ecosystem but perhaps not as well with Android. IOS remote app is more intuitive than many of the others that I've used including iPeng and Audirvana remote. Roon is a step above though.I don’t understand the criticism of the Sonos App. It works intuitively and smooth and never fails and also integrates well with Tidal. Setup was automatic and worked without hiccups when I last did it say 5 years ago, running ever since
If you are just using Sonos for streaming, I'm fairly certain that all of the services (including Qobuz or Tidal) are limited to 16bit/44.1 khz so the sound conversion shouldn't be an issue. However for an audiophile with a large hi-res library, Sonos probably isn't for you.
I know it isn't addressed in the review (and not really applicable for it) but I think the biggest selling point for Sonos is the multi-speaker/zone Network connection. I've had it for over a year and NEVER had a dropped connection or a synchronization issue with the 5 zones I run. Prior to this, I used airplay and it was a nightmare (drops all the time). No other system that I tried including Roon, airfoil and Squeezebox could even come close to the reliability of the connection between speakers. All of those had both synchronization and drop issues.
Amir, thanks for reviewing as I've often wondered how good the toslink out connection is for Redbook music and I got my answer. I've seen other reviewers crap on the Sonos toslink and recommend using the iFI spdif iPurifier or the vendor you mentioned. Good to see the actual measurements behind it.