Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable

I am using a wifi extender, connected to an EtherRegen Switch, connected via Ethernet to my Aurender WE20se. My audio guy recommended this when I got rid of my streamer that connected directly to wifi (Auralic Aries G2). I’d be interested in knowing if someone has done a critical comparison. I cannot tell the difference between an album stored on the drive of the streamer with one streamed via Qubuz. While it seems hard for me the direct connect could improve the sound, I long ago learned that is virtually never true.

Hmmm, after reading the comments, I bet the results are very highly dependent on the streamer. Some folks comment on drop outs. While I have trouble with wifi on my iPad at the same location, my streamer never has drop outs... but I have one of the best on the market. I remember long ago using my Mac laptop where dropouts were a problem. So, I am thinking the answer is like every other aspect of this pursuit... “It depends” and how much difference is highly variable. But I would imagine the higher quality the streamer the less it matters. As I mentioned earlier, I can’t tell the difference between a red book CD stored on my steamer and and incoming red book version from Qubuz.

@ghosthouse

‘I'm interested in your experience but having trouble understanding that last sentence.  Perhaps a typo?  Would you mind explaining further??THANKS.“

Sorry for not being clear. Every time either I thought something (like a digital cable) or that the sound could not be improved I have been very wrong. So, I am very reluctant to say a cable will not matter... it always has.

@surfmuz
Funny, you said you thought it wouldn’t matter on a inexpensive  streamer and my reaction is it would matter most on a inexpensive streamer. My reason is that a high quality streamer has all sorts of buffering and retiming built in and works at making up for incoming deficiencies.