I wish I could remember what kind of saddle my old Trek 7300 had. Never had any discomfort with it!
I tried my bike with the new Planet Bike saddle. It is wider than the stock saddle, and that helped. It also had just a little more padding, and that helped. But the anatomical cutout was actually a little uncomfortable for me after a couple of miles. Maybe I wasn't sitting properly on the saddle? I'll need to experiment more with it and see. The saddle adventure continues...