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Why Hold Music Sounds Worse Now
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Why Hold Music Sounds Worse Now
  • Published_at:2017-11-27
  • Category:Education
  • Channel:Tom Scott
  • tags: tom scott tomscott things you might not know hold music audio compression cell phones mobile phones telephone exchanges
  • description: It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to the Milton Keynes Museum, and their Connected Earth gallery: http://www.mkmuseum.org.uk/ - they're also on Twitter as @mkmuseum, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mkmuseum/ I'm at http://tomscott.com on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at http://facebook.com/tomscott and on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo
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