I bought a Brother Dreamweaver less than a year ago and LOVE it. I am partial to Brother machines though and still have my NX600 . Both of these machines are workhorses and I have never had any problem with either. Also had a Janome 6500 Professional, which I also loved but sold it when I got the Dreamweaver....not enough room for all of them
Good luck in your search. Sometimes the stores sell the machines they used as demo machines at the quilt shows/expos at great discounts. That's how I got my Dreamweaver - it only had 1,000 stitches on it, came with everything including the very nice rolling travel bags and was discounted almost $1000. Full warranty too.
Hope you find what you want.