Red square I know exactly what you mean. I now have a MSB stack it did the same thing. Not with all , but some that I have written off with blaring sounds.
That is because the MSB is a low jitter design. In my experience, all dacs equipped with the latest, low phase noise clocks offer this grainless, ultra smooth and fluid sonic signature, which makes listening to poorly recorded CDs much more enjoyable.
I had an interesting discussion on DACs with Mike over the Audio Shark forum, where he noted:
I find it interesting how digital audio for people really falls into two different camps: those that seek uber detail and those that seek analog, smoother, warmer sounding. In our own DAC shootouts, I found many people picked the uber detailed DAC's because they could hear more - but over time, became fatigued. Whereas the more analog sounding DAC's didn't get picked often, but seemed to be the most enjoyable to listen to - long term.
I think that many of us could agree with Mike.
In my opinion, the main problem with digital, was that DACs used to be very grainy. You could try to cover that graininess with tube lushness, which would make the DAC sound 'analog' and fluid. The drawback was that you had also sacrified the details by doing so.
On the other side there was a resolution camp, which went for the maximum details (dCS, Theta etc). The drawback of going after maximum resolution, was that you also exposed the grain, which made long term listening a tiring experience ...
And that is how people got divided into two different camps.
In my experience, the best DACs can do both nowadays. Due to vanishingly low jitter levels, they are ultra smooth, fluid and grainless, exceeding best so called analog sounding DACs in that regard. But since they do not have to sugar coat anything anymore to sound smooth, they can also offer superior transparency and resolution.
The Trinity is just such a DAC. It is the most fluid and grainless DAC I have ever heard (by a wide marigin !) and at the same - the most detailed, articulate and dimensional one. It is just spooky real.