PickVidsHold music used to sound better. Here's why.
Why it was recommended
Tom Scott did a video on it.[0] It basically boils down to telephone switches starting to compress the audio.
Recommendationcolejohnson66 · Original
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