I use the lovan and very happy with them. The VTI look simular and are a bit less money. I think you cant go wrong with either. The lovan uses different wood shelves as for the VTI they use MDF and I dont care for MDF shelves. The lovan stands are very rigid and very versital as I have two for my amps that sit on the outside of each speaker then I use four more, two side by side with one stacked on top of each other between the speaker for Preamp, Power Supply for Preamp, D/A and Transport, this works out well for me as two stacked is only around 14 inches high and doesn't interfear with sound stage or my image, I use one more in front of my front end for my Power Plant P-600
and by using the Lovan type of stands it gives me alot of different combos as my equipment needs change.\
Happy Listening!