To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better?


I am trying to get Ethernet into a listening room that is not prewired, and it is not practical to run the hard cable through the old house into that room. I am planning to use a new music streamer that requires Ethernet connection (no wifi).

For hifi purposes, for passing the music signal, not just for computer equipment, are ethernet over powerline units better, or are wifi mesh router systems (which bring an ethernet port into a room using wireless transfer between the mesh devices) better?

For Ethernet over powerlines, I am worried about contaminating the power lines feeding the stereo preamplifier/amplifier, I don’t know if hifi power conditioners will filter out that super high frequency noise well enough.

For wifi mesh, it seems that the wireless handling of the music signal to feed the remote Ethernet port might somehow degrade the sound and introduce other problems that a connected wireline would avoid.

I am not a person that understands these technologies deeply, so I would value perspectives from others here who are users and who may be technically more qualified to understand this stuff.

troidelover1499

Thanks for the quick responses, I appreciate it.

to ghdprentice - I looked at your system to see the specific extender model as you said but I could not find it, sorry if I somehow missed it.

TP Link makes so many types of extenders, so when I googled TP Link extenders many different ones pop up, some with antennas some without. All seem to plug into the AC socket to work, so it is kind of unclear to me which works in what way. I apologize for my ignorance and confusion.

I do have good strong wifi in my house and in the listening room in question. Just can’t run the hardwire ethernet into it due to the brick walls.

Mesh is superior, extenders pick up all sorts of ground level and RMI/EFI noise that you subsequently have a hard time getting rid off.