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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     ## $†~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ I USE IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M  DRUNK. ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IT  DOES  THIS   VERY  GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE STOP  BUTTON ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,            ## SOME QUIRKS ##             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~† WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE  †~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~†$ THE ENGINE IS FULLY  SPUN  UP, RESULTING $†~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~†$£ IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. £$†~,,,,,,
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,,,,,~†$£¤        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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