Mostly I listen with my speakers to the south of me which means they roughly face north. When I move to Australia, I am expecting my speakers to be towards the north east of my listening position so they will roughly face south west which is another direction.
However there is a theory (which I just made up) that the magnet structures need to align perfectly with the earth's magnetic field so I may delve more deeply into this when I reach Australia. Or maybe not.
Then again, there are those who experiment with degree of toe in or toe out. Some of you might remember the song about doing the hokey pokey.
https://www.kidsongs.com/lyrics/the-hokey-pokey.htmlOn a more serious note, I plan to experiment with this arrangement in my next setup. I have four of the cheap 15" GRS woofers and two of the 5" PRVs. I plan to hang them with bungee cords without any baffle to minimize vibration.
https://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=31371.15To answer the question more seriously, I think there have been quite a few speakers that have been mounted facing towards the rear, towards the ceiling or towards the floor. Of course there are the sloping front panel speakers.
Perhaps I should go for a walk to regain my sanity.
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