
Review Summary
The Yamaha Stagepas 500 is a moderately priced portable P.A. system for club-date, lecture and presentation use. The system consists of two passive speakers, each with a 10" LF driver and a 1" horn tweeter and a 10-channel stereo mixer powered by 500W of amplification, 250W per side.
The Stagepas 500 mixer conveniently mounts in the rear panel of one of the speakers and may be removed for remote use. The other speaker contains a storage compartment accessed by removing the rear panel enabling quick setup, breakdown and simplified transportation.
The Stagepas 500 mixer, which may be mounted to a microphone stand, features a 1-bit master internal reverb, assignable to each of the 4 mic/line inputs, individual 2-band EQs for all input channels and individual channel volume knobs, with separate Master and Monitor volume controls. The Stagepas 500 is a versatile, lightweight and good-sounding solution for performance, lecture and smaller event P.A. requirements.