Hi and Welcome to the board! It's been a few weeks since your post, so how are you liking your machine now? Is it liking you any better? I have been drooling over the 710' s at my dealer's, but I have only owned mechanical machines and wonder if this would be too big a step for me. I love the throat space on the machine and since my Fmq is terrible, I think I would get good use of the bsr. Wishing you the best with your beautiful new machine!