I have a long(-ish) history with Bluesound and Roon and I have had my fair share of issues. I am not surprised that the integration of Roon into partner platforms is difficult to get right and also difficult to maintain as firmware / product changes occur. It takes a lot of coordination and collaboration between firms (Roon + Partner) and then an ongoing technical collaboration to maintain the integration. Considering many partners can’t even ensure bug free operation of their own platform (e.g. Naim, Bluesound etc.), imagine how hard it becomes with Roon as an external partner. The result is an occasionally or frequently difficult user experience as in the case of us who attempt to use Roon with Bluesound speakers. I am always hoping Roon will eventually develop speakers so they can control the entire ecosystem. Anyhoo… I have gone back and forth with Sonos, Bluesound, Naim and Allo Digi devices. The Allo Digi end points are bullet proof. Sonos also works well as long as you are ok with the sound quality. I cannot get passed the listening fatigue from the Sonos sound flavour so I had to try something else. I use Allo Digi devices successfully at my second home and they are stable as a rock over WiFi. I had no choice but to go with Bluesound for my small apartment as there is no space for a proper HiFi setup. Flex 2i for the bedroom and Soundbar 2i for the (tiny) living room. Of course I ran into the problems mentioned in this and other threads. Here is the support thread I have opened:
I have found a way to live with the Bluesound system but it is very very sensitive. I can only skip track once and avoid successive skips. The Soundbar needs to have at the very least a ‘Good’ WiFi signal strength. If a Bluesound firmware update happens, I have to restart Roon core. There are 5-10 second delays upon playback start. I have accepted all this and I am living with this system for two reasons: 1) I like the way Bluesound sounds with Roon and 2) there is no other Roon ready solution that offers compact speakers that I can use in my tiny apartment (Sonos brings me listening fatigue).
I am thinking of trying power line adapters soon to see if the Bluesound speakers behave better that way.