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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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