I recently bought the Janome 6600 and LOVE it!!! My old machine was 43 yrs. old (Bernina Record 730) .... time for a new one
I am newly back to quilting/sewing, after a 30 yr. absence. I had not even looked at sewing machines in all that time. Did not even know they had embroidery machines (wow, how could that be!!).
And I did look at quite a few machines. Was actually *wowed* by the embroidery machines. The only one I could afford, however, was an entry-level Brother. And I thought and thought, and looked and looked; and decided WHAT I really wanted to do was get back into quilting (all quilting done many years ago, was done by hand).
And I asked myself, just *what* will you do with an embroidery machine???? Where will you actually *use* those embroidered pieces??? And I must know myself, because I can see being really enthused about this for about 6 mos. and then not using it again.
And so I somehow spied the Janome 6600 ... and sooo glad I settled on this.
But I have to say, those new Brother machines look pretty darn wonderful. A Brother machine would have been my second choice .... have only heard good things about them.
Good luck with your decision ... it certainly is NOT an easy one. And I agree, there will be sales after this one. But if they are reducing the price by $3K, what is the cost of one of these machines???
jody