I've got an N4400. I'm a full time furniture maker and it's been used on a daily basis for about six years. I regularly use it to cut veneers and laminations, often in difficult tropical timbers.
It works fine and I'm happy enough with it. Is it perfect? Not really.
There's a bit more flex on the upper guides and blade guard than I'd ideally like, but I reliably get 1mm thick veneers so maybe I shouldn't be such a fusspot! The mitre slot is just weird, non standard and pretty spindly, but as I've never used it and probably never will that's no hardship. Good job really as the supplied mitre fence was rubbish. There's only one dust extraction vent, but it's still the cleanest bandsaw I've ever used, so either it's in exactly the right place or more likely I've massively over egged my extraction system. More seriously, it uses Felder's proprietary extraction dimensions, so you're further locked into their kit. The tension gauge isn't very accurate (are any of them?), I checked it against a proper tension meter and it overstates the tension.
On the positive side they fitted the mounts for Felder extension tables to the machine so I can use the extension tables from my Felder machinery on the bandsaw, useful for the occasional times when I've resawn down beams. Miraculously there was no big bill.
Bandsaws aren't very complex machines, so once you spend more than a certain amount and you're assured of getting reliable electrics, decent bearings, and a sturdy frame; well after that they're all much of a muchness.
