Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped?

...makes for a sticky conundrum, imh...

Ears once sharp are dulled by the years.

That which we loved tilted our perspectives towards a better 'that' v. 'this'...?

Does the vintage draw one back to that remembered, an exciting time of the time when everything began to be so much Better?
Opposed to the now, when nuance is the name of the game...

Low $ experiment: Play on said vintage owned the album that stirred the crock, if not the soul that sent you on this journey....;)

Does it still 'work' like it used to?

Or is jaded 'n faded the new norm?

Start collecting vintage watches, she won't know you have them.

Isn't there meetings you can attend?  A A,  Audiophile Anonymous. 

Wait until the trade in begins from receivers to separates.