My Baby Lock Jane is the same machine as the Brother 1500.
It is set up on a long arm table. Do not like it because Im spoiled with my Viking Sapphire with the 10 in throat. It is so easy to use and thread. The Jane has a complicated threading and under the machine bobbin that drives me crazy. You dont know when the bobbin is going to run out. I much prefer the drop in bobbin.
I bought the Viking 5 yrs ago for $1100 and you could find a second hand one for a reasonable price by now.
I did buy a Bertha cabinet for it for $550. It takes a bigger cabinet than a regular machine.
Jane is hooked up to a stitch regulator(another $500) which I like.