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E-drum amp for FRFR?

As a heavy user of modeller and preamps, I'm interested in a FRFR solution that sounds similar to FOH. It'd likely give me more flexibility with IR than a powered bass-voiced cab.
I once gigged with a BOSS keyboard amp for FRFR, and for some reason the speakers (off-axis?) gave a load of colouration. Probably because keyboard amps are designed to roll off low bass?
I'm considering an E-drum amp, since my first practice amp was a Roland PM-10. I remember it being warm and round and relatively full-range (drums can go even lower than a bass guitar). Maybe a bigger drum amp will work better than a keyboard amp?
 
I'm considering an E-drum amp, since my first practice amp was a Roland PM-10.
I'm not following this. Is 'E-drum amp' an amp model or series from Roland?

From a casual perusal of offerings from retail outlets, it appears to me that most of the amps billed as 'drum monitors' are woefully inadequate for anything other than low level, practice room use. None of them make any pretense of being 'FRFR'. And in my (admittedly limited) experience, it's not the LF information that presents the biggest challenge to amplifying e-drums, it's the transient (attack) response. I don't think any 100--150-watt amp is going to address that well enough to provide amplification at anything other than bedroom or practice levels.
 
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I'm happy with my EV ZLX12P, it handles my B string no problem. You have to set your expectations on what a 112 class D speaker can deliver tough.
For more fun, I added an EV ZXA1 12" sub. I haven't touched my bass amp since.
 
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