Don't forget Juki's. I hate Pfaff's - they eat my fabric if I don't use leader/enders, I hate Bernina's, too stiff and less features for more money. I like Janomes - I love Babylocks - no one does embroidery as well and easily as Brother/Babylock machines. But the Juki's are the bomb. The motors are geared differently. You never get the bogging you get with the other machines. They will go thru anything.
But my opinion doesn't really matter. You need to go sew with as many brands as you can find and buy the one you can't live without.