Orbi vs. Powerline connection?

Hi there,

Just curious as to which solution may make the most sense for me. Overall, I'm not looking to extend my wi-fi coverage so much as improve the throughput in certain applications. In particular, I often experience wi-fi connectivity dropouts, buffering, etc. when engaging in high resolution music streaming (24-bit, 192 kHz type stuff). Note that I also have (too) many wi-fi connected devices in my home. 23 at last count, and I live solo. :)

To address this, my plan was to use a series of your Powerline 1200 (PLP1200) adapters, and connect them at the power outlets throughout the house where the core music streaming devices need to plug in anyway, which then allows me to use a wired Ethernet connection from each device to the Powerline 1200, and potentially free up some wi-fi bandwidth. I expect that will significantly improve performance all around. However, with the technology you have built into the tri-band / dedicated beamforming connection of the Orbi system, how close could the performance of the throughput theoretically get to the Powerline connection (assume that an Orbi satellite could be strategically placed within 10-20 feet of the streaming devices, same floor, line of sight, or no more than one wall)? I assume the Powerline will still be stronger, but if it's somewhat close and could still do the job, I do like the idea of just one Orbi satellite centrally located that could potentially handle both the performance increase needed to adequately stream high resolution music, plus improved and extended overall wi-fi performance without the need to tie up a bunch of power outlets and attempting to hide the Ethernet wiring to the streamers. I have an older home, plaster walls and all, and dedicated Ethernet wiring throughout would be more of an undertaking than I'm willing to tackle right now, so I've been searching for the right wi-fi and/or powerline solution.