I’ve tried quite a few. For years now, the M70 for me is the perfect mix of pleasurable listening experience and critical listening when paired with a classic Beomaster, mostly the BM8000 or the BM6000, the little BM2400 has been in my rotation for the past 6months or so and still the M70s sound great to me.
I’ve always liked these. The brass thing that raises and lowers the arm gets gummed up with old lubricants on these. A good cleaning and new lubricants helps, and setting appropriate tracking force will probably fix all