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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) ..~~\^§¤##
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¤§^\~~.... 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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^\~~...... 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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###¤§^\~~. 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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##¤§^\~~.. SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY ..~~\^§¤##
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