It is a great stand. It was slightly scratched on one of the shelves, but I was able to fix it - which doesn't diminish the greatness of this item at all. The height between shelves may not be enough to put home theater speakers in vertical position, but that's not a problem: just "skip" (don't install) one of the shelves and connect the stand "sticks". In my case home theater speakers are on the bottom shelf, then next shelf (#2) is "skipped",  then shelf # 3 is installed and shelf # 4 installed as well. Looks awesome and very strong after all!