I am going to our LQS this morning to look at and try the Janome Horizon 7700. It has an opening of 11 in. by 4.7 in. for quilting. And the MSRP is 3000.00. At this time of my life (66 yrs. old) I don't want to sink 15,000 into a longarm machine. The Janome rep. is here today, so maybe I can get a lot of info.