Sonar does not "color" the audiofiles.
We have made a test for 2 years. I imported an audiofile "x.wav" and exported this as "y.wav".
Both files (Import & Export) were bit-equal. Without any distinction. No changes.
Volume, pan and gain must be "0". No plugins.
We do "bounce to Clips" several times a day without any changes in sound and volume.
We digitize large volumes of tapes and vinyl for customers (Thousands of gigabytes). Therefore we know that Sonar does not make changes.