I have been sewing on a Symphony for almosts 4 years now. I had wanted a new sewing machine, a good one, and I was looking at a $600 machine when my husband said, what about this one. It was the Symphony. My response was sure I'd love that machine but it's more expensive. He bought it for me and I have loved it ever since. Never a day passes that I am not sewing on it. You won't regret spending extra for a good machine.