I own 11 sewing machines.. I have been on the quest for the perfect ones for years. Most makes, vintage and all singing all dancing modern ones are included. Last year I finally managed to get hold of one of the last German built Pfaff - the 6122. It cost about £200 delivered, second hand from eBay. I plugged it in, and LOVED it. The IDT is brilliant and it literally punched through anything - including 8 layers of décor weight fabric. Then it went PFFFFFT and was completely dead. For a few months I did nothing and then last week I took it to my local sewing machine man. He repaired it, apparently the foot control (dual speed) had gone, and as it is also the power supply it means the whole machine was dead. Anyway, long story short, apparently it's a weak point of the machine, but you can get replacement ones, just not dual speed. Luckily he had a vintage Pfaff one in his stock, and although not dual speed I have the machine back and working. I sewed with it today, and can't believe how it never skips a stitch, goes through many layers and has a beautiful stitch quality - it can sew things other machines have failed at! In short, if you can live with maybe having to get another foot controller get the 6122. At that price I would buy it even with all my other machines. In Europe they go for between £200-£300 as they are really desirable.