I've never heard of this machine, but the features it has certainly add to the machine quilting experience. The best is the larger harp area. Needle up down is invaluable, self threading saves me from saying many bad words. I don't have a dual feed, but think that would be a great feature as well.
I agree with the majority on the hype about the fancy stitches. I do use some of mine, but that would be the least missed of the features my machine has. The companies know what they are doing. Most of us would be happy with fewer fancy stitches but still have the other goodies. If they did that though, they'd have to charge less!!