You are right up to a point but the gap has been significantly closed in recent years illustrated by all my high end stuff now sitting in the loft.
The convenience of digital media far outweighs the negatives as far as I'm concerned assuming a quality bit rate of the file rips and the quality and clarity of some of the new wireless speaker systems is very very good.
I was totally blown away yy the quality of my little B&W MM1 computer speakers that I use in my study. Even without a sub they are a true HiFi speaker in my opinion. The Sonos stuff less so but if you pair for stereo seperation is is hard to fault them. I have a playbar, 2 play 3s and a Sub hooked up to my TV for 5.1 and also stream music to that room and it sounds phenominal.
