I agree that the Technics is the better option, price notwithstanding. However, the "light weight" tonearm on the Dual, assuming "light weight" really means low effective mass, is no issue; it's easy to add mass to a tonearm, best at the headshell, to convert a low effective mass tonearm to a high EM tonearm.
Cleeds, I always think capacitance is much more of an issue with MM cartridges than with MC types, except where one is using a SUT to add some of the gain needed for an LOMC.