no,

you are not alone. LCD displays and seemingly endless sub menus have
kept me from purchasing newer gear.

the most hi tech piece of gear in the shack here is a kenwood ts-940
and a ts-711-a. other than that, it has tubes in it. one rig i regret
selling is the kenwood ts-830. simplicity at it's finest. it's all on
the front panel.

i have listened several times on 75 meters to people "tuning" the
modern rigs. mostly, the yeasu ft-1000 whatever series. it must be my
poor ears because i can not tell that much of a difference on ssb from
the newer stuff to the older. kenwoods have always had great ssb audio.
but if i am in the mood to listen to great audio, i tune in the 80 meter
AM crowd and listen to them on my hammarlund receiver.

everyone's millage varies, i suppose. i had a chance to purchase a icom
756 pro for what i thought was a reasonable price. when i began
researching the rig, i found that not only were the lcd screens prone to
failure, you could not get replacement screens for them. too much of a
crap shoot for me with people wanting 800 +/- for them.

i have several friends with lcd screen rigs. between the screen and the
menus, i'd rather keep what i have.

best 73 mike ku4yp