If you quilt a lot, it is hard to pass up the price and features of the Janome 6600. I have two of them and I just purchased the Janome 8900. Love both of these models, The accufeed and auto thread cutter are wonderful. The 8900 has 9mm decorative stitches that are to die for...Find a Janome dealer and try them out. PM me for good online/store front dealers I have purchased from.