Maybe you're right,I really pay too much attention to loud names on products. My thought was that if so many artists use this brand's product,it couldn't be bad... And since I don't often change equipment I use,I wanted to get as much info BEFORE I took a listen to the amp I'm choosing. I heard F30 and liked it much(both distorted and clean and the stuff in between),but I haven't yet tried 5:25 'cuz they aren't available around yet. But I'd be happy to get the same quality tone for cheaper price...I'll check that Peavey you were talking about.
As for Laney amps,I played one in a local store and it sounded good,but not much better than the Roland cube 30 that I'm using now,so if you'd be kind enough to point exact models I should take a look at... I play mostly Hard&Heavy,but I often need good clean tone for jazz and latin stuff,so I wouldn't want to be limited..