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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.          ¨¨¨,///§§@
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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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@§§§§^/~,¨ 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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