Hi...I have a Topaz 30. I love it. My 30 year old Singer finally died last year. (I really loved it) I have a friend that has two top of the line Vikings..as much as I would have loved one of those, $10,000 just wasn't a common sense option when the Topaz did everything I need. My local dealer had a Topaz that was traded in and was less than a year old. It is a $6000 machine, and I was able to get mine for $3,000. So maybe check into that option...I did a TON of research...really there are a lot of "budget" friendly machines out there that are capable of doing the same thing the higher price ones do. When I bought my top of the line Singer 30 years ago I paid $810...the gears finally wore out and could not be replaced. I have only used the embroidery side of my machine a handful of times....I want to take a class at the store to learn more of the in's and out's of that. The store that I bought machine at offered classes on the machine as well. Good luck with your decision.