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I use a Roland PM30 for monitoring, and I would highly recommend it for practice. Unlike what you would get with a keyboard amp, it has two satellite speakers that mount to the drum rack, so you have a sense of the sound coming from the pads, and of a stereo image. It has a little mixer built-in so you can send a mix, cd/mp3 player, synth, etc through as well. It doesn't get loud enough to play gigs through, but for practice it's perfect.

If you use real cymbals maybe a bass amp would be ok, but my experiments with bass amps were very disappointing for a whole kit. What makes a bass guitar sound good won't necessarily work well with hihats...

all my best,
- Scott