I didn't know that about babylocks. I had one from a sewing machine shop that was considered high end and I hated that thing. Same with my babylock serger-total piece of junk. The sewing machine was given away. The serger, which doesn't work (as usual) is sitting in my sewing room, taking up space.
So that would make me avoid Brother as well. I have a Brother embroidery machine but only got it because of the price-I don't plan to embroider much and didn't want to spend too much.