Originally Posted by
bigredharley
One thing that made me go with 2 separate machines is I can have my embroidery machine running while I sew on the other. That being said, Baby Lock is an awesome machine (I have Crescendo ($3500 and LOVE it). I bought the brother PE-780D (~$1000) for embroidery - got the best of both worlds and spent less money. Just saying.....
I have the Spirit and have been looking at the Crescendo. Please tell me what you really like about it and you got a much better deal than I have found. Did you get the Gold Standard included for the price?