Hey Curtis! Sure!
I want speakers that can fill multiple roles (HT, party, wedding, reception, large room, small room, etc. etc.). I would rather have and not need than need and not have. (Guess how many of those roles I've used the Sierra Towers for?)
Guess how loud I turned up the AVR at the wedding and college reception? I would have turned it up a little louder but I love my AVR.
"GOOD SOUND TO YOU ALL!!! TAKE THAT!!!"
In my opinion from my own experience: Output is a valuable thing even when you don't think you'd need it. You find uses for things.
For my needs, I would VERY QUICKLY buy a Sierra MT speaker that favors output over bass extension and has the RAAL and bamboo and all that. Only for a good price though. But I understand that "other people" don't want this. So that's out. MTM? Requires a hoss of a tweeter. That's out (for the RAAL anyway).
MMT? May not need a hoss of a tweeter. Has bass. People like towers.
And then I thought... wait a minute... would an MMT fill in the gap between the CMT and Sierra Tower? The output gap? A Sierra-1 MMT mini tower? I dunno. I was going to suggest a Sierra-1 MTM, but then I was anticipating the possibility that people don't buy things like big MTMs at this price... but... people like towers.
In fact, people like short towers too (tweeter on top).
People also like new things (MMT would be new for Ascend).
People also like tower speakers at lower prices ($2,000 may be a barrier for some).
But, MMT may not really provide enough benefit to justify it's existence. If the only thing you get is a little more bass without a raise in sensitivity? Count me out. So this may be a bad idea. I really don't know. This would be an interesting challenge I think. With a 2.5 woofer... what kind of sensitivity could you get? What kind of character can you give the bass? Interesting (to me anyway). In fact, the more I think about this, the more intrigued I get. Now, I kinda want one. Maybe.
Most importantly, if Dave doesn't like the idea and his heart isn't in it, I don't want it.
Just thought I might give him something fun to do. lol
I think there is something in my eye