i had a PL-430 direct drive , very similar with the same arm and all that comes with it in the same part.
when new it had a very good sound ,detailed and dynamic also built with metal(heavy) , only the frame is made of plastic , but when putting it to work in 2015 i notice a problem being the anti-skating enabled the stylus from passing from a certain point in a Lp record normally near the end on the two last tracks.
i tried, but couldn´t fix it ,but either than this i remenber enjoying very much the sound of it with the original cartridge from audio technica.
Recentelly, i discovered that new stylus are built with half or a 1/3 of the size of the ones built till late 80´s or early 90´s, having a lot less hours of use ,i found one old box that it said "...between 1200 hours to 1800 hours..." explaining what could cause the diference in hours of use