I own a Janome 8900 and a Babylock Symphony. They are two very different machines. I like features on both of them but if I could only own one machine for me it would be the Janome. I love FMQ on it, so easy and the pop off plates are great. The Babylock is a very noisy machine, beeps at almost every step but I love the threader and the pivot feature. When Janome comes out with a large bed machine with pivot feature that doesn't cost as much as a car, I will probably say goodbye to the Babylock. I use it for applique because the pivot feature is fantastic. I hope Janome takes the Skyline 7 and stretches it to an 11" bed within the next year.