I just purchased a DC2010 this past weekend and feel like it's a great machine for me, a beginner (right now I'm hand piecing and hand quilting but I intend to use this machine for different things in the future). Before I purchased it, I spoke with my mother-in-law about machines since she's sewn for YEARS. She's a Bernina girl but has never heard of Janome. When I told the person at the shop that she hadn't heard of Janome, she said to ask my MIL if she'd heard of New Home since that's what Janome used to be called. She still hadn't heard of them. She did look up my machine and had good things to say about what she saw.
I saw my grandma tonight and she hadn't heard of Janome either! She has also sewn all of her life. She said, "I only know of Singer and Brother."
I just thought this was interesting.