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....===§*¤ a cool  thing  is  the  speaker  on  the ¤*§===....
.-=†††**¤# front. but isn't that  a magnet close to #¤**†††=-.
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..--=†§§*¤ 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 ££¤¤*§†=-.
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.-=†§*¤£## denoising for  the noise,  and  maybe an ##£¤*§†=-.
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....==§¤££ it  does   this  very  good.  the  pause ££¤§==....
.-=†§*¤£## button is a small stop, the stop  button ##£¤*§†=-.
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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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