Originally Posted by hobo2000
I think the Brother is more reliable today than the Singers. I have friends who are always taking their Singers to the shop and its expensive to repair. Look closely at the embroidery,the Brother seems to me much finer and nicer than the Singer.
I agree :) I have a Brother ULT2003D and love it and have used it a lot in the last 7 years and it has only been in for service and cleaning.
Unfortunately, Singer does not have the reputation they once did. If you're going to spend $800 I would do a lot of research before you buy.
Here's a web that you can get a lot of sewing/embroidery machine reviews from actual owners. It's been extremely helpful to me:
www.sewing.patternreview.com
If you look on the left side of their Home page you'll see a link to sewing machine reviews.
Hope this helps :)