Company History

ICB was founded by Ian Budd in 1976.

He had previously worked in England for several years with a major British mixing console manufacturer and had come to the United States on a project for them. Ian's expertise was so much in demand that he stayed, creating ICB, a company servicing and installing multi-track tape recorders, mixing consoles, and other professional equipment.

And before you ask - yes, the letters ICB are Ian's initials. One day way back in 1976, a name was needed quickly , so Ian's initials were used ....... just temporarily !

After a few short years, ICB expanded into equipment sales and installations - not only for recording studios,but also for many of the business clients of those studios.

From that time on, the company experienced dramatic growth in all of its product lines and services.

ICB's first home was the Media Center, a wonderful French Chateau style building that used to be the Engineering Society for the University of Cincinnati.

The building was somewhat of an incubator for several companies in the field of audio and video including a video production company, an audiovisual presentation company, three recording studios, a satelite communications company, and a photographer. If you are from the Cincinnati area, you will probably remember the Media Center for it's technical innovation and the grandest Christmas party in town.

After outgrowing the Media Centre and one other location, ICB purchased its own 10,000 square feet facility in 1993

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While architecturally a step down from the Media Centre, our building has proven to be an exceptional facility for providing customer service and support.

In 2004, ICB purchased a second 12,000 square feet building out of which we now operate our expanding installation, service, and engineering departments.

From these two buildings today, we sell over 300 manufacturerer product lines with full design and installation capabilities serving a wide ranging professional and commercial customer base.

We have earned a reputation as one of the premier dealers of professional audio and video equipment.

We have performed an extensive variety of installations as far away as the Caribbean and South America.