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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.           ¨¨~«=†%###
##%†=«~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~«=†%##
#%†=«~¨¨¨¨  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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