Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender

Anyone, I hear, no pun intended, that 2.4 GHz is preferable to 5.0 or the newer 6? 
Comments please

I tried powerline extenders which worked but were noisy, and then wireless extenders which were unreliable. I installed Google mesh a couple years ago and it fixed my connectivity issues. Not sure of other mesh solutions but Google mesh comes with a simple app that allows you to test, control and also prioritize devices so if you are competing for bandwidth with other devices on your network, you can remove any contention by prioritizing your streamer.

+1 @audphile1 

My son uses the same EERO for his mesh network.  He is not an audiophile...but is a videophile/gamer.  Gaming is severely more intense use of resources and on his 85" Sony top-of-the-line monitor there is never a glitch/dropout nothing and the speed is amazingly fast (as it needs to be for gaming). Kudos to you.

Regards,

barts

Thanks for posting this question, and thanks for all the answers. I've got to decide on an extender or a mesh for my new house. The answers here are making me lean toward mesh.

Lotsa good info here. Thanks! I found it interesting, although completely common sense, that in addition to longer distances if you have multiple users a Mesh system is probably preferable. Also, the ability to prioritize which node gets preference is significant. I mean, I love my two teenage boys and all, but my audio needs preference to their gaming sometimes. They’ll live (and they also won’t know — heh heh). Us parents still have some power.

That said, I’m still a little iffy on the specific question about the sound quality (not including dropouts or signal strength) in using an extender versus Mesh.  I’ve not heard a pure A/B comparison just on sound quality assuming both generate a sufficiently strong signal.  Sorry if I missed something.  Right now I’m gleaning that absolute sound quality with a wired Ethernet connection from the extender/node to the streamer is similar given a sufficient signal as in both circumstances people seem to be very happy with either.  A direct A/B comparison in good conditions would be most helpful.  Learned a lot of good info here already though!  Keep it coming.