A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED 
                                          
                                       
            TCM ONEFIFTY            
                                       
                                          
 IT'S BATTERY  POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) 
 AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES  FEATURE A 
 SPEED HOLE BUT IT'S HIDDEN  BENEATH  ITS 
                  SHELL.                  
                                          
 A  COOL  THING  IS THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE 
 FRONT.  BUT ISN'T THAT A MAGNET CLOSE TO 
               THE TAPE? YES              
                                          
              IS IT GOOD              
                                          
 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.             
                                          
      WHAT     IS     IT     FOR      
                                          
 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.             
                                          
             SOME QUIRKS              
                                          
 WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE  
 THE ENGINE  IS FULLY SPUN  UP, RESULTING 
 IN   A  NICE   SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. 
                                          
 IT    MADE    ME   BUY   A    VHS    CAM 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         
                                          
           MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN           
                   TO                   
          JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN          
                                          
       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY