I just bought a Sapphire 835 by Viking for $995. I really like it and it has the longer throat and many other features. There is also the Tribute 140 that was $1295. It had more fancy stitches, but I never seem to use those. You need to shop around bargains are out there. Personally Viking is my machine of choice. I have had 3 and never had problems with them. I dumped a Brother and a Bernina because of thread problems.