I have the 9500 and use it solely for embroidery. It's a fairly good sewing machine. Not the best, though.
In my opinion, it's much better to have seperate machines for embroidery and sewing.
For the same price, you could get the Janome 350e embroidery machine and a decent sewing machine.
Although, if you can only have 1, this would be a fairly solid choice.
Good luck!,
Lyn