I purchased the PM-3 after much review and checking at the local music store. Yes, it's expensive but very bullet proof. I have used it for practice and small gigs. It needs to be louder for practice but for the small gig, it offers the right amount of sound for the club. For the gig, I controlled the sound much easier than I ever could with an acoustic kit. The acoustic guitars I backed up loved it as I gave them just enough "groove" to help them along. At first they were scepticle as they felt drummers would be too loud, but later were very impressed with the results!

as an acoustic drummer, I've never needed to know much about monitors or amplifiers...with the purchase of the v-custon set, I added this monitor and would say it's a must.....the headphones through the roland module don't come close to the volume or sound quality that this pm3 delivers....looks great assembled on the v-custom stand...needs an additional 2 std 1/4" guitar connectors to complete connections to drum kit...very happy with this purchase..the v-custom set without it would be lacking.

In my opinion, the PM-3 simply cannot be improved upon. I've played practice sessions with it about four times now with other musicians, and even THEY have a hard time believing I'm not playing an acoustic kit.

Not quite loud enough to play a gig with, but would definitely suffice as a monitoring system for gigging. Definitely handy to have separate controls each for Mix Input, High Volume, Woofer Volume and Master Input level. I've even had a guitarist run through the Mix input once with great results for a practice session. Would be -perfect- for use by drums and keyboard during practices since you'd have separate levels for each and plenty of volume to go around!

Setup/teardown is dirt-simple, and it's extremely rugged. I personally plan to practice and Gig with this thing until it dies and then replace with another...rinse, wash and repeat.

The PM3 Personal Drum Monitor sounds great with the v-drums. I own the V-Custom set and it accurately reproduces all of the sounds to make them sound perfect, but it is not big enough to use as your main amplification. Roland needs to come out with a more powerful systen that sounds as good as this one. Great for at home, but it was to quiet to play with my band.

I've had to replace the sattelite speakers four times, had the amp go out completely once, the sub speaker system is not working at this time.The
unit is in the shop at this time for this to be repaired.
When using the unit, I swear, I only use it at just above the middle range, with the low and high adjustments the same, just above middle range.
I've owned the unit for a 1 1/2 years, and do not plan on using it again. I just cannot depend on it.
I would not recommend the PM-3 to anyone.