If you want new, you could afford the Janome 6500...it has everything, big throat, heavy duty, comes with everything you need. I think they sell for about $1400. I have one as a backup and it is truly a great machine. Needle up/down, needle threader, comes with gobs of feet and also a huge slide on table. I was making bags with my high end machine and it would not sew through areas that had 8-10 layers. I went to the Janome and it sewed through like butter! It is a great machine.