Opinions on Bluesound vs Sonos.

Don’t touch Sonos with a ten foot pole…they recently bricked my system and 1000s of others in a half-assed “courageous “ update intended to support another, future product….

They, including the CIO, are outright lying about the current state of their product’s impairment (sound familiar? ; )  

Funny too…just read a financial article saying BUY BUY BUY Sonos stock…all while the comments sections are full of their livid customer base, saying their systems are non-functional…and there’s no realistic hope of their issues being addressed and that the stock’s probably not a good buy, after all 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have two Moves and a Port…I loved them..the upgrade basically made them paperweights. Never ever again will I purchase Sonos equipment…and the truth is….there are thousands that have been hit harder than me…I still have my main separate system and music library. There are people that have spent tens of thousands filling their house with Sonos equipment…that are out of commission…just so the company can sell headphones nobody will want!

OP - The Node has a trigger out that I use to wake up my Crown amp so you're good to go.

If it's within budget, I would use a regular, non powered, Node in front of a new integrated amp (best option) or use the preamp out of the node into a separate amp (more economical than a full integrated amp)  to power your tower speakers.  The performance gain in your towers will be substantial vs. driving them with a power node.  The power node is really designed to drive architectural in wall speakers.  Good luck and cheers.

Not sure what your budget is but if I went to a one box solution I'd take a hard look at Hegel. Specs say they will drive speakers down to 2ohms.

I have an extensive Sonos system that I use for casual listening using ROON as a front end. Works well for me, but would be a bit of a learning curve.