Peavey 500 (Years unknown)
No model called simply "Peavey 500" shows up in any period directory, service literature or specification sheet the Archive has turned up. Two Peavey products do carry "500" in their full names: the Unity 500 mixer and the CS500A power amplifier. Whether either one is what collectors mean by "Peavey 500" can't be confirmed from the record.
The Unity 500 was a compact mixer reviewed in the UK press in mid-1996. The CS500A came out around 1999. It was a two-channel power amplifier rated at 125 watts per channel into 8 ohms, priced at $699, and built for commercial sound installations, per a brief mention in Mix Magazine (August 1999, p.88). The two units share a number in the name and not much else.
Beyond these fragments, nothing is documented. Whether the "Peavey 500" is a mixer, an amplifier, a speaker cabinet or something else remains unconfirmed. Verified information, period advertisements or factory documentation would fill a real gap in the Archive.
- Possible match (amplifier): Peavey CS500A, ca. 1999, $699, 125W/ch @ 8Ω (Mix Magazine, August 1999)
- Years of production: Not recorded for any "Peavey 500" designation
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