Audio Pro C20 W vs. WiiM Sound vs. Sonos Era 300 for kitchen

[Hiphiman]

I am still deciding which of these to place in a largish kitchen. I have a WiiM Pro Plus based main system and spare Amazon Echo and WiiM Mini. My requirements are:

1. The speaker needs to be Alexa voice controllable (being a kitchen, after all)
2. It needs to be able to occasionally be multi-room connected to the WPP main system using Lyrion and Amazon Music sources.

My problem is that none of the options seem ideal. I initially thought the AP C20, with its WiiMesque firmware and app, would be the best option. However, am I correct in thinking it does not even ‘work with Alexa’, so I would need to use the Echo to communicate with the WiiM Mini and then optical out to the C20? If so, this then looks like the most complicated option, which is so counterintuitive.
Then there is the WiiM Sound, which I know would require connected to the Echo, although I was a little underwhelmed when I heard it.
And then there is the Sonos. Alexa and voice control already in place, but synchronised multiroom would need to be via AirPlay somehow, presumably. Or could AlexaCast figure in this?

Help! Am I missing something that would make any of these options easier to implement than I have described?

 

[whereyoubeen]

Not sure about the 'W' version, but I returned the regular C20 after a week. Sounded amazing but actually using it was a pain. I tried to somehow automate it but found out Audio Pro is actively blocking the linkplay API on newer versions. I even tried hooking up a WiiM pro via optical to just use it as a simple active speaker, but that caused even more issues. I wrote audio pro support and received a super unfriendly answer, so I just gave up and sent it back.

I tried so many different systems and don't think that 'perfect' all-in-one device exists yet. A good pair of active speakers with a separate streamer still feels like the best way to go. Especially if you need lots of features and very good sound quality.

Btw, the latest Music Assistant version lets you make devices AirPlay capable. I couldn't get it to work, but it's there