You can’t compare components at an audio show. It’s impossible to hear an unfamiliar system and separate out the affect one component has on what you’re hearing.
The best you can do is spend time in rooms that have components you are interested in and narrow down the rooms that sound best to you. Then, re-visit those rooms later in the day, or on another day to confirm your listening impressions.
Ultimately, you will need to audition streamers in your system.
Jim Smith, in "Get Better Sound", discusses the approach of listening from the hall just outside the door. If it sounds good there, then it’s a good sign. If it doesn’t sound good from the hall, then it won’t sound better in the room.
The best you can do is spend time in rooms that have components you are interested in and narrow down the rooms that sound best to you. Then, re-visit those rooms later in the day, or on another day to confirm your listening impressions.
Ultimately, you will need to audition streamers in your system.
Jim Smith, in "Get Better Sound", discusses the approach of listening from the hall just outside the door. If it sounds good there, then it’s a good sign. If it doesn’t sound good from the hall, then it won’t sound better in the room.