It's funny....I sell the Peavy Escort and the Yamaha Stagepass 300 in my store and I really like the sound better on the Yamaha. Yamaha has built a limiter into their stereo amps and you just can't distort this system. I find just the opposite on the Peavey Escort. Turn up the volume and I get distortion. As for the Reverb on the Yamaha, I've learned that if you keep the master turned down, the effect is more like room reverb and the higher you turn it up, the effect becomes more like Reverb with Delay (A very popular Karaoke sound). Now that I've been selling the Yamaha Stagepass 300 for several months I can say that all my customers have been very satisfied and love the size and weight and the fact that you can attach the powered mixer right on top of any microphone stand. The Peavey Escort has a big case which is hard to mount anywhere for easy operation. I also really like that the Yamaha powered mixer snaps right into the back of one of the two 8" two way speakers for easy transporting. As for volume, I have mine set up in my store with the Yamaha PSR3000, Korg PA1X and two microphones plugged in and the sound is loud and clean.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California