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Ethernet cables

So I've been streaming for just over a year (I'm really an analog guy, listen about 75% to my TT set-up). Been listening to Roon/QoBuz via my MacBook Pro thru a Bricasti. The Bricasti is hooked-up via a Ethernet cable to an Xfinity "POD"  which works well. Yesterday got in a Roon Nucleus and what a great sonic improvement! Very happy. But here's the question. I'm using a very good Ethernet cable from the Bricasti to POD but how important is the Ethernet cable from the Nucleus to the switch? Personally I haven't done much comparisons with Ethernet cables. 
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Far out! Thanks for the information. Now I'm getting stoked. 

 
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I'm about to pull the trigger on a  Bricasti M3 with their optional Network Interface. 
I have concerns about a difficult ethernet cable installation from the white Xfinity xFi Router/Modem located in another room after reading this FAQ.   

https://www.bricasti.com/en/consumer/network.php

I have an xFi Pod with the two ethernet jacks but isn't that ultimately still a WiFi connection?

Not very digital source savvy from over ten years with just a Mac Mini WiFi to a Squeezebox Touch and a Metrum NOS Mini.

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Later, you might consider hard wiring the xFi Pod to your WiFi router (or a network router), if it’s not too much trouble.
So, the DLNA (I don't know what that is) they say won't be supported over WiFi will function?
But in the end an uninterrupted ethernet cable from the modem/router is preferred?

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So using a Roon Nucleus or another streamer/server is an improvement with the Bricasti M3, even an M3 with the Network Player Option? 

In either case, is this due to eliminating the Mac or the PC from the system? 
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