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&@^^-^.... a cool enough sony walkman called ....^-^^@&
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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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@&@^^-^... 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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#@&@^^-^.. - july twenty eighteen - ..^-^^@&@#
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#@&@^^-^.. superseded by the tcm twenty ..^-^^@&@#
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