You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

Recently, our producer, Andrew Anderson, randomly hit me up to chat with him on Mike.

I think I'm getting a little bit of bumps and stuff on your microphone.

Okay. I'll stop tapping the table. That was me tapping the table, I think.

Specifically, I wanted to ask Dallas how he usually listens to music.

So are we doing like a whole show or are you just quizzing me?

Well, we'll see how far we get.

Because I know Dallas has strong opinions when it comes to his listening experience,

and that includes the music he streams.

The first time that I heard high definition streaming music in my studio, I audibly gasped.

Hmm. Luckily for Dallas, these days it's super easy to listen to high fidelity music. All you

need is a decent internet connection and you can have musical accompaniment for whatever you're doing.

What do you actually do while you're listening to music? The thing I do the most is cooking that pairs very nicely with music.

What kind of music do you like to listen to while you're cooking?

The most recent thing I listen to is like a French playlist of just French pop hits.

Cool. I should make you a Bulgarian playlist.

I would love that.

But that got me thinking.

How did people experience music in the past

before high-fi streaming came along?

What were the most popular formats?

What was the quality like?

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