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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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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