Going out tomorrow to test drive the Brother PQ1500SL and a Baby Lock Jazz. The Jazz is on sale for $700 and has a larger harp (12") and has 28 stitches as opposed to just the straight stitch on the Brother and Juki. Since the Jazz is now in the price range, I will definitely consider it. Both of these are available locally (tax free!) but the Juki dealer is a bit of a drive and would add 6.25% tax (an extra 40.63) bringing the Juki price up to $700 as well. I have seen the Brother as low as $599 on Amazon and up to $700 at JAF. Don't know what the dealer will charge as yet.
Thanks everyone for your input! A new machine might be coming home with me sooner, rather than later! Yay!