Wired is twice as fast as wireless. That should be the deciding factor. It's bound to work better. I know a stereo/hi-fi dealer who now uses a streaming service to demo his gear. I asked him to demo some speakers sing a particular album I had at home. He called it up on the streaming service. I didn't sound like the same album! These were very pricey speakers. I've never heard a streaming service that sounded as good as a CD of the "same" material. It hope it works beautifully for you.
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Wired is twice as fast as wireless. That should be the deciding factor.No, it isn’t. What you need for typical CD is 1.4Mbit/s while WiFi delivers 54Mbit/s. Streaming services most of the time use lossy compression so it will never sound as good as original CD. AFAIK Tidal HiFi supports lossless streaming at 1.4Mbit/s rate (same as CD), but it costs more. |
Many wireless access points and routers conforming to IEEE 801.11ac are available these days which can support data rates approaching and even exceeding the 1000 mbps rate of typical modern Ethernet links. For those speeds to be realized, of course, the receiving device must also support one of the higher speeds specified by 801.11ac. And as Kijanki indicated such high speeds serve no purpose when it comes to audio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac#Advertised_Speeds A few examples among many that could be cited, the first two at moderate prices, and the third being expensive while providing a theoretical maximum of 5200 mbps! https://www.newegg.com/ubiquiti-uap-ac-lr-us/p/0XM-0013-00050?&quicklink=true https://www.newegg.com/netgear-r6300v2/p/0E6-0023-00055?&quicklink=true https://www.newegg.com/cisco-air-ap3802e-b-k9/p/0ED-0008-003W8 Regards, -- Al |
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