Beatmaster
I thought the same thing at first about RD's, but as other have mentioned a little effort goes a long way.

If you are used to working with raw live drum tracks, that's how they often sound once recorded; some of the life is lost .. plus for most users they have been further processed to WMA files and lose a little more life.
Some EQ, and maybe a little appropriate reverb can bring them back to life.
An EQ plugin gives quite a bit more control than the Tone dial.

That said, yes some of the drum plugins are pretty dang good sounding (and also available).

Make your sound your own!
.. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome