So what makes the SRM so good, that the Nano's weren't?

YOU were the one to bring up the NH bit, as if whether I play to 10 people in a bar or ten people in a NH makes any difference! I bring my A game, no matter what.

You might also consider the many times you put down playing in the 'animal zoo' bars and clubs (and in live bands), before you get worked up about someone that would prefer to play to people that can leave if they don't like it, and aren't so starved for entertainment, they wouldn't care if you played your arranger through a tin horn!