Like many other Tidal hifi subscribers, I was super excited to learn about S2’s support of CD quality streaming, and was hoping to build a whole-house system around it (currently just have a One for a bedroom).
However, being able to actually find the music you want to listen to is paramount to enjoying the app, and in this respect Sonos integration with Tidal has gone backwards from what was already a rather lackluster effort (and the reason I’ve not invested in a full Sonos system).
Not only is there no way to do simple things like changing the sort order of my Tidal favorite albums to “by artist” (something that has been requested going back YEARS), but now the app now doesn’t even include the the name of the artist in the list! Are we supposed to memorize what album goes to an artist, in a list sorted arbitrarily shuffled by date added?
I’m sure the canned “its entirely dictated by Tidal API” yada yada response will be forthcoming, but that is not acceptable. Other services (Bluesound) are tiny compared to Sonos, yet they have had this worked out with Tidal for years.
The new app is very pretty, and HQ streaming is huge, but at the end of the day it’s all about having your music at your fingertips and having some control over how that information is presented to you. Sonos could certainly use their clout to get this worked out with Tidal if they had the will to do so. Now that they support HQ streaming which will attract more Tidal users, now is the time.
