How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables?

@fredrik222 

Thanks for this, I am a 100% with you.

The OP says that 'his' wifi has no dropp outs. Therefore, no need to change anything.

BDW, I am using both ways, cable and wifi to hear music from Quobuz. I cannot hear any difference in sound quality.

@yage 

Banking is undoubtedly an important actvivity, but one doesn’t need ultra reliable digital information transferance to achieve it.  Correct perception of sound is a different process, where a few microseconds in timing can affect the architecture of the data read.

  Wired is better, but it’s a matter of degree, not a night and day difference if one has optimized their WiFi setup

@panzrwagn +1

My two cents, as someone who has worked with Ethernet for almost 40 years, put in a good WiFi 6 mesh router setup, put a good network analyzer on your phone and learn how to assign WiFi to unused channels that give you good signal strength. That is the state of the art.

The Asus Ai Mesh system does exactly what you mention above regarding assigning signal strength.

@fredrik222 +1

You are also 100% correct songs are stored in a cache. To prove this if streaming music and someone sitting next to you watching video on an Ipad etc. asks "do you have an internet signal?" and 30 seconds to a minute later your media cuts out also. That is the cache dynamic in play.

 The world is going wireless most new home builders are not even offering Eternet wiring on build playlist anymore because most don’t find value in it. In 5-10 years this will seem like a silly conversation. Most younger folks under 25 don’t even know what Lan is.

 

I can second the recommedation for using powerline ethernet adapters. I have one running from my modem to an adapter plugged into a wall socket. I have 5 streamers of various brands scattered about my house (including the garage) - each plugged into an adpater in a wall socket (even one plugged into a powerstrip). They all stream perfectly with no drops or lags in signal. 

Another poster mentioned TP Link. They are great and so are others. I've learned that you don't have to use the same brand. I use a mix of TP Link, Netgear and Tenda. 

Audiophile purists will likely say sumthin about noise from all the other things using electricity on your circuit. Maybe my ears are defective bcuz everyting sounds just fine to me. 

fredrik222

.... streaming from Qobuz, Tidal, and others are actually not streaming, they are download at maximum available speed, and then that song is stored in a cache ...

No, streaming really is streaming, it's not something else. Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify all use streaming protocols.