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

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: https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/

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