Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable

I use wired because its convenient and there's less drop outs on the signal.  It seemed my Bluesound Node 2i would drop from the network once a month and then after restarting the unit it would reset itself.

I use wired for my AppleTV because it seems to perform better wirelessly.  

Spent a month doing A/B between Ethernet-wired Lumin  and Cambridge on WiFi into same DAC. The Lumin offered far superior clarity, resolution, depth, and presence. Now, how much of this difference can be attributed to Ethernet vs WiFi as opposed to inherent streamer design, I may never know. But there must be a reason why top mfrs like Lumin and Aurender design streamers with Ethernet connection ONLY, and my suspicion is that listeners can hear that reason pretty distinctly.

The key is to reduce noise whether using wifi or hard wire. When I run a long ethernet cable the sound was sometime worse than wifi. Now I used a .5 meter ethernet with a node plus a lan filter. This setup produces the best SQ for me. Also the different ethernet cables made less difference when the filter is added. 

True statements regarding WiFi hardware. Yeah, it is a good idea to hardwire your high-speed ISP router to the streaming device, then hardware the streaming device to your amplifier(s).

@ghdprentice 
Ah...okay.  Got it.  Thanks for the explanation.  
By the way, I agree- cables do matter  and often to a surprising degree.