Turning it up “to 11” with Stereo Exchange since 1984

Ann Wasserman and David Wasserman own Stereo Exchange (StereoExchange.com), and they are one of New York’s oldest audio, video, and home theater retailers – since 1984. This Benchmark client persevered through the beginning of the pandemic by relocating to a Union Square loft showroom at Broadway and East 17th Street (see photo: third floor). Local brick-and-mortar retail and a local, in-person printer like Benchmark have a lot in common. We provide advantages that Big Box sellers ...
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WAXRAX rocks out with their racks out

I have some real works of art – LP album covers! Santana’s first album, Earth, Wind and Fire's All ’n All, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, Freddy Fender's Wasted Days and Wasted Nights – how to display them all? Go ahead and drop the needle because WAXRAX has the solution. They produce extremely sturdy, extremely stylish racks that simultaneously allow you to store and display your vinyls. Their "LP-C" vinyl record pedestal holds up to 60 records. As WAXRAX says, “V...
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Missi Callazzo leads Megaforce Records into 40th year of metal and more

Megaforce Records releases records for metal, rock, and hardcore punk artists, such as Metallica, Anthrax, Third Eye Blind, and Bjørk. At 40 years old, Megaforce is the same age as Benchmark! Husband and wife Jon and Marsha Zazula (rest in peace) founded this NYC record label, and some of their earliest releases were Metallica’s first albums. Missi Callazzo, VP since the late 1980s, is a leader in an industry where women are underrepresented. She ordered posters to promote Third ...
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Metropolitan Music Community performs, with a social conscience

The Metropolitan Music Community (MMC) had Benchmark print their 2021 Winter Concert program. MMC provides adult instrumentalists the opportunity to make music in a friendly setting and share it with the public. The program brims with socially conscious themes: George Floyd, music from marginalized parts of the world, and more. “Unspoken,” the first piece, recognizes George Floyd and Black Lives Matter, the largest U.S. protest movement ever, even larger than the one surrounding the Vi...
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