Phantom 1 Wifi vs Ethernet?

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I think there is some confusion here. Surely I respect all opinions. The OP clearly stated that WiFi works fine for him. Due to the nature how the Phantoms are designed and work the answer that Ethernet works better is simply wrong in this case. I’m solely referring to try to give a correct answer to the question of the OP. And there Jean-Marie was 100% correct. Where there is nothing to fix, there is nothing to gain. Adding a cable to a running wireless system can not improve it. It can only add an additional point of potential failure. In the Phantoms a track is streamed in about 10s to the internal memory, checked on bit accuracy and that’s it. Then it is played by the internal player of Phantom OS. Whatever path you choose is irrelevant as long as the internal buffer gets all the bits it needs to play before it plays it. Adding a cable at best can induce unwanted noise to the electronics of the Phantoms, I.e. have a negative influence on the SQ. Nothing against anybody that needs Ethernet due to congested WiFi and problems with it. And once Ethernet is needed there might be better or worse solutions. But where Ethernet is not needed to run the Phantoms where built-in PLC and WiFi without need of additional cable connections works fine there is no need to complicate the system. PLC and WiFi are there and Ethernet will not remove them. I’m talking here solely about the Phantoms and about what the OP wanted to know. Sorry, when this caused confusion.