That said, I'd rather lick a toilet seat than have to use a Mackie SR 24-4
again.

Thanks, Scott. I'm trying to eat breakfast here. Now I'll have the revolting
image of mixing on an SR24-4 in my mind all day. You rotter.

But their little studio monitors aren't half bad, BRBR

Not only not half bad, I find them far easier on the ears over a period of many
hours than the Genelecs which cost considerably more & are as ubiquitous in
studios now as Auratones used to be.
Scott Fraser