I agree with Suebee. I had a Pfaff for 20 years that I put thru heck. It had a large sewing area and would sew at an super fast speed. I still have my Kenmore, but it is only for regular sewing. I is 15 years old and holding up great.
I wanted an embroidery machine, so I ended up with an Brothers Esante2, only 5x7 that I've had for years. It's very user friendly.
I would also like a machine that will send the designs directly to my machine. The digitizing program for Brothers sells for $1200.00 which includes the palette for transfering designs, too much money. Another digitizing program for around 600.00 is Embird. I just bought Embird about 3 months ago because I wanted to blend colors to make them more realistic. So far, I'm still learning. lol
Ask what will be new for the next years model.
Try out the machines.
Listen for nice hum on the machine, no clanging. lol
Buy what you want! Find a way to afford it.
Syl