Originally Posted by craftyone27
I currently use and love my Bernina Virtuosa 155 - which I bought used at my LQS 5 years ago. Before that I had a Babylock for 15 years that mdh bought for me for $100 at Cloth World on sale. There is a world of difference between a low end machine and a Bernina or Pfaff. If you have the money to spend I would say you won't regret getting the more expensive machine. My true dream machine is a LA APQS Millenium or a Gammill but both are way out of my price range at the moment. I would love to upgrade myBernina to one with a BSR system.
I have a 14-year old Pfaff 7550 and a new Bernina 440QE. Both are excellant machines and ones I will never give up. I do use the Viking Mega-Quilter and it performs well (also the Viking 936 serger) but I have had lower end machines in the past and they are more work than they are worth. Quality really pays....