high end standmounts that do not punish poor recordings?

Depending upon your budget, standpoint offerings from both Acora & TAD are very good & some of the  best available in their class although quite different. Both worth serious consideration. 

@mahgister  Audio is about anything the individual audiophile wants it to be about.  "One man's trash is another man's treasure."  Happy listening.

As others have posted a bad recording is just simply, a bad recording.

there is nothing that can be done. 

Now, if the recording is mediocre but you have a good resolving gear, then differences can be heard. subtle as it may be, but it can be heard if your gear can resolve it. 

I enjoy listening to my gear, especially when I play Vinyl. I have a small set of really good pressings and a lot of old records that i get from record stores on bargain. it is just me, but I listen to these old records as this reminds me of my grownup years but the recording is a hit and miss. So, if I want to hear how this was recorded and just the facts, then I use my clinical sounding speakers (ATC) and if I want a warm British sounding smooth and melodic sound, i switch to my Ls3/5a. and listen how this recording may sound. but again, if the recording sucks, then there is nothing that can be done

Hard to go wrong with either the Dynaudio Confidence 20 or the Kef Reference 1 Meta. They are both fantastic speakers that measure well and sound great.  I have loved all of the Confidence speakers that I have heard.  Their towers are simply amazing to my ears.

You could ....

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use tone controls to make any content sound good in your space.