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,~==§$#@## A  COOL   ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED ##@#$§==~,
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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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,~==§$#@## I USE IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN  I'M DRUNK. ##@#$§==~,
,,~~=§$#@# IT  DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE   PAUSE #@#$§=~~,,
,~==§$#@## BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE  STOP BUTTON ##@#$§==~,
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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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,,~==§§§$@          ~ MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ~          @$§§§==~,,
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,,,,,~==$#         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         #$==~,,,,,
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