Wyred4S or Bluesound Node 2i

give W4S a call...they are helpful in explaining the differences between a modded Sonos and using their re-clocker...

Thanks jl35. As far as I can see in advanced settings, Sonos just has an audio compression setting which I have set to uncompressed.  
Tidal account is HiFi.
Perhaps a re-clocker like the W4S Remedy between my Sonos Connect and my Dac would help.
And maybe some folks in the Sonos forum can also offer some tips.  Surely there must be some streaming Tidal.  Haven’t posted there yet.
Thanks again!

the standard Sonos Connect has a poor quality DAC and lots of jitter when connected to an external DAC, though mine did sound much better connected to a Parasound ZDac. The difference between Tidal HiFi and Spotify should be obvious, unless your friend has the lower quality Tidal called Premium. The Sonos settings also control whether you get full quality or MP3 quality signal, as lower quality is easier to stream...so lots of variables

Thanks for the reply’s.

Jond, so I have been able to share a Tidal account with a friend from time to time.  The Sonos controller on my iPad makes it easy to select the same music from Tidal or Spotify.  To be honest, I don’t hear the obvious improvement most everyone who has Tidal talks about.  I felt that the Sonos Connect may have been the limiting component in the chain.  Now I’m thinking it just might be my ears.

I typically can’t even hear any difference between a cd or Spotify for that matter.  Of course I use the highest quality setting with Spotify.
I keep thinking there must be something I don’t have right.  Perhaps I should try a wired ethernet connection to my Sonos Connect.  Although my WiFi strength is very good.   

Should this huge proclaimed sound quality improvement Tidal offers be obvious with my equipment? 

I also may just need to leave it all alone.  If I can’t hear the difference... so be it.  Just enjoy the music! 

Thx!

the Wyred4 Sonos mod is terrific, huge difference in sound quality playing Tidal. Currently using mine through the DAC in Yamaha CD-S2100,  but have used it in numerous other DAC's...I have only compared it to the standard Sonos, huge difference, no experience with Bluesound...

You can listen to lossless on your Sonos it supports Tidal streaming with I would recommend checking out. Far better sounding that Spotify albiet with a smaller catalog. Getting your Sonos upgraded by Wyred4S might get you a better sounding device than Bluesound I would certainly think at least comparable. Either way I imagine you would be satisfied. I ditched Sonos because it just has a single band router and I was getting a lot of dropouts. Sound quality I thought was quite good output to a Dac.

I helped my Neighbor install a Sonos system for his house and outside deck. He is 70yrs + and really enjoys how easy it is to use. I have Bluesound Node 2 and had to fiddle with it to get the best versatility and flexibility to adapt to my hi-fi system. I like both companies for different reasons.
Some say the Bluesound is a notch up in sound quality, I suppose it is. Plus Node 2 will do MQA, which surprisingly, I like a lot. For just streaming, not integrating an already existing library of music I can rate the Bluesound 5 stars. It takes some effort to integrate a library, but I have heard the Node 2i has worked on connectivity issues with 5ghz.