Take a look at Juki. I feel you get more machine for your money. Mine is fast, powerful and does a wonderful job FM quilting or with the walking foot. It has a larger throat space and I can quilt king sized quilts on it. I really really disliked my Janome 6500 despite many fantastic reviews. You need to know what you need in a machine and match that to your $ and go and try them out. There are no perfect machines out there, just better choices if your machine can easily handle the type of stitching you do.There's no point buying an expensive embroidery machine for a quilter who just wants to stitch denim and flannel rag quilts.