What Ethernet gives you: Absolute reliability, less radiated noise near your music.
Will you hear a difference? I'm not sure. It depends a great deal on your Wi-Fi environment. Like here I'm near 20-30 other Wifi signals all competing for the same bandwidth. That can absolutely have an effect, and my Squeezebox Touch doesn't have 5GHz so it is really not very reliable at all on wifi.
I would say, if possible, use Ethernet to stream to your main devices (TV, audio) and Wifi to get to the not so important places.
There are good apps for your phone and maybe PC that help you see your Wifi neighbors, and pick out less used channels.
Best,
E
Will you hear a difference? I'm not sure. It depends a great deal on your Wi-Fi environment. Like here I'm near 20-30 other Wifi signals all competing for the same bandwidth. That can absolutely have an effect, and my Squeezebox Touch doesn't have 5GHz so it is really not very reliable at all on wifi.
I would say, if possible, use Ethernet to stream to your main devices (TV, audio) and Wifi to get to the not so important places.
There are good apps for your phone and maybe PC that help you see your Wifi neighbors, and pick out less used channels.
Best,
E