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.^-:%¤§### A  COOL   ENOUGH  SONY   WALKMAN  CALLED ###§¤%:-^.
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....^-:%¤§          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          §¤%:-^....
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.......^-: IT'S BATTERY POWERED  (TWO AA BATTERIES) :-^.......
........^- AND HAS A MICROPHONE.  IT DOES FEATURE A -^........
.......^-: SPEED HOLE BUT IT'S  HIDDEN  BENEATH ITS :-^.......
......^-:%                  SHELL.                  %:-^......
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....^-:%¤§ A COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE §¤%:-^....
...^-:%¤§# FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT  A MAGNET CLOSE TO #§¤%:-^...
..^-:%¤§##               THE TAPE? YES              ##§¤%:-^..
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..^-:%¤§##             ## IS IT GOOD ##             ##§¤%:-^..
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....^-:%¤§ WELL. IT HAS SOME  VERY REAL COMPRESSION §¤%:-^....
.....^-:%¤ GOING  ON  SO  CLOSE  VOX AND OTHER HIGH ¤%:-^.....
......^-:% VOLUME THINGS  ARE  VERY  CRISP AND WITH %:-^......
.......^-: KIND  OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN THERE'S :-^.......
........^- MORE  OF AN AMBIENCE,  ALL  YOU HEAR  IS -^........
.......^-:           HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.          :-^.......
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.....^-:%¤  DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL ¤%:-^.....
....^-:%¤§ DENOISING  FOR THE NOISE,  AND  MAYBE AN §¤%:-^....
...^-:%¤§#            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             #§¤%:-^...
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.^-:%¤§### ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ###§¤%:-^.
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...^-:%¤§# I USE  IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. #§¤%:-^...
....^-:%¤§ IT  DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE   PAUSE §¤%:-^....
.....^-:%¤ BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE  STOP BUTTON ¤%:-^.....
......^-:%             IS A MAJOR STOP.             %:-^......
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........^-             ## SOME QUIRKS ##            -^........
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......^-:%  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE %:-^......
.....^-:%¤ THE ENGINE  IS FULLY SPUN UP,  RESULTING ¤%:-^.....
....^-:%¤§ IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. §¤%:-^....
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..^-:%¤§## IT    MADE   ME    BUY    A   VHS    CAM ##§¤%:-^..
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.....^-:%¤        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ¤%:-^.....
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.......^-:          ^ MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ^          :-^.......
........^-                  . TO .                  -^........
.......^-:         - JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN -         :-^.......
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.....^-:%¤       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¤%:-^.....
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