I had been saving for the Brother 1500. I like Brother and felt the price was right. My DDs that work on industrial machines recommended the Juki. I ended up with the juki 2000. It split the difference in cost between the Brother and juki 2010. I felt the speed control would not be worth the difference in cost for me. I got mine thru Amazon, and have been very happy with it.
I do struggle a bit yet with the needle threader but i'm getting better!LOL