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Hold music used to sound better. Here's why.

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Tom Scott did a video on it.[0] It basically boils down to telephone switches starting to compress the audio.

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What it covers

Tom Scott explains why hold music sounds worse than it used to, tracing it to old telephone exchanges and the audio compression applied by modern switches. It is a short. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
Tom Scott
Length
3 min 36 sec
Year
2017
Open on YouTube

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