My recent Comcast Xfinity router is in a kitchen cabinet. Two of my three endpoints, Raspberry Pis, are connected with Wi-Fi. They are both in adjacent rooms, about 50 ft from the router. I have never experienced any problems at all. There is no difference from the one via ethernet.
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However, 100 Mbps bidirectional speeds using cabled Ethernet is more than sufficient for Roon to work.
My Roon core is only have Wi-Fi but its SSD contains the music and is connected directly to the DAC. So itās playing music from local SSD to a directly connected DAC. It doesnāt do anything else. (Also, I donāt stream music.) My other computers (from where I remote control) are connected through Ethernet.
there is nothing wrong with using Wifi for Roon remote devices, whether laptop, tablet, or mobile.
if at all possible, Roon endpoints should be wired to minimize dropouts or other networking issues.
there may be SQ differences between Wired and Wireless, but thatās a separate issue.
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Iāve used both WiFi and Ethernet very successfully at two different homes, Apple AirPort Extreme and a tplink deco mesh system. My gut feeling with everything Iāve heard is that high density buildings (apartments and such) have a lower possibility of getting good quality results with WiFi and single family homes in less populated areas have higher rates of success. Why not give WiFi a shot and please report back.
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I guess it doesnāt hurt to try
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I have a couple of Raspberry Pi based endpoints at home, running WiFi only, where I canāt have ethernet connections, the connections are very relible for me.
If you have a spare Pi available install roon bridge onto one, plug in a portable dac via USB & test it around the house.
I actually find roon RAAT transport more reliable at supplying a constant stream of music via WiFi than say Qobuz at 16/44.1 into my Kef Speakers which are wired via ethernet. Qobuz always pauses in that scenario.