
13: The MP3 Revolution (Part 1, Origin of the iPod)
The iPod’s 25th anniversary marks a pivotal shift in music consumption, tracing back to the 1990s transition from analog cassettes and compact discs to digital MP3 files. Suzanne Vega’s acapella track "Tom's Diner" proved essential to this evolution, serving as a rigorous stress test for early compression algorithms de...













