I’m ok with the ride as long as it isn’t too bumpy. I started this hardware tinker 20+ years ago when I was building HTPCs that upscaled my DVDs and served multiple audio zones via JRiver. Lots of fun for me, but it wasn’t family friendly. I felt like I was in IT support a lot. “Why won’t the movie play?”, “How come the music isn’t working?”, etc. 
I don’t want to be in that position anymore. I just want stuff to work. I had a great combo with Plex/Plexamp when it integrated with Tidal. Since that integration went away, I’m deciding on Roon. So far, it doesn’t look to like that my environment has several Sonos speakers, amps, and a port. My main system, however, uses a Roon Ready player. As expected, that one is solid. So far, the Sonos zones, not so much. Looks like I may not be the only one: Intel NUC overheating and fan noise since latest Roon update (ref#HMNFG1) - #5 by Wayne_Foster