For what it's worth, I have the ever popular Bluesound Node 2i and the integration with Tidal has been terrible. Accessing Tidal from within the Bluesound app takes forever and frequently doesn't work (I have to search multiple times before any songs come up). However, just found out that I can use the Tidal app and connect through that to the Bluesound which works much better.
As for sound quality, I've heard that USB is the way to go (see:
However, USB output is only available on the most recent Bluesound Node (2022 model). !