Is my new amp TOO GOOD?

Your speakers are very detailed revealing sounding and are known for their excellent sound imaging but tend to reveal every detail and with the upgraded McIntosh gear your sound is leaning on the harsh side. McIntosh pairs better with Sonus Faber speakers which are much warmer sounding compared to the Revel speakers that you have. If would consider Sonus Faber speakers as they pair very nicely with Sonus Faber. But if that’s not an option I would consider swapping out the C2800 for a PrimaLuna Evo 400 preamplifier. This will give you a warmer less harsh sound with your Revels. 
 

I was considering upgrading to the exact same McIntosh gear you just selected so this thread caught my attention. I currently use Sonus Faber Olympica Nova III speakers paired with a Parasound JC5 amplifier and P6 preamp. My next move was between the PrimaLuna preamp at $6500 or the McIntosh gear you chose for upwards of $20,000. For cost reasons I’m going to start with the PrimaLuna preamp first. 
 

Excellent advice from everyone else here that I have read but I honestly don’t think upgrading a DAC, longer component break in or better speaker wire will make a significant impact on what you are looking for. 
 

Summary: Try PrimaLuna tube preamp if you love your Revel speakers, or consider Sonus Faber or other warmer less revealing speakers. I hope this helps.

@mojo771 

I’m wondering if it’s the tweeter in your speakers. Years ago I bought a Hegel H390.  I then bought KEF Reference 5 speakers, partly because Hegel used them at trade shows. When all was said and done, for me it was an awful paring! The metal Q drivers made listening almost painful and relatively low levels. I then bought a pair of PS Audio Mono blocks with a tube input section And a PS audio signature preamplifier also with a tube input section. The KEF speakers sounded better, but still were too bright.  About a year and a half ago, I went back to paper and silk drivers and bought Sonus Farber speakers. I can now listen at whatever level for however long I want. 
I’m not familiar with Revel speakers.  What are the midrange drivers made of and what are the crossover points?

All the best.

After everything is nicely run in there is one more important way to control HF.  Speaker rake (speaker tilt front to back) is a very effective way to add or decrease the amount of treble you hear.  Enjoy your new equipment!  

I have the Mc462 and a c53 and they are not super bright or etched or whatever you're hearing there. They're actually really neutral. Your room is probably bright or the speakers themselves. Running your set up with treble at -4 indicated there's an issue imo. You can download a free app like RTA analyzer and set your tone controls to neautral and play a few songs and you can see in real time if the treble in the room is tipped up or not and at what frequencies. If you use Roon you can then adjust it very finitely to trim down whichever frequencies are unusually bright. 

I fall into the break in crowd. I bought a very nice (to me) new solid state amp, and it took a well over 100 hours to break in. I pretty much just let the streamer play for days on end. Your tube gear probably needs more than that.

It really didn’t sound good at all straight out of the box. Give it time and don’t fuss with anything else like placement for a while.