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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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