You can go directly to most sewing machine sites like janome's and click the features you want. Then they will show what machines will work for you. I started out on the 3200 to make sure I would like to quilt:)Only to know the addiction was here and wanted to beef up the speed and throat plate so ended up getting their 6600. As you can see and have learned, our machines are for a many year investment:0)Spend the money and get what is good. I am lucky in the fact we have 2 dealers w/repair w/in 30min either way of me. I bought mine at a machine dealer 'only' due to the better price I could get from them. Good luck! Skeat....who loves her machines!