Bob#2 - as much as I don't like to say it, because it might hurt some feelings and because we all know the size of our system reflects the size of our audio-manhood :-), I have to agree with you.
The subsonic problems I seem to have now were not there in the past. The resolution of my system has improved greatly with a better phono stage, better arm, teflon caps in my preamp, etc. Yes, the music got better, yes the sound is better, and yes I now seem to have a new problem caused by this increase in resolution.
Bob #1