A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY   WALKMAN  CALLED 
                                          
                                       
            TCM ONEFIFTY            
                                       
                                          
 IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO  AA BATTERIES) 
 AND  HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A 
 SPEED HOLE BUT IT'S  HIDDEN BENEATH  ITS 
                  SHELL.                  
                                          
 A COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE 
 FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A  MAGNET CLOSE TO 
               THE TAPE? YES              
                                          
              IS IT GOOD              
                                          
 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.          
                                          
  DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL 
 DENOISING  FOR  THE NOISE, AND MAYBE  AN 
            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             
                                          
      WHAT     IS     IT     FOR      
                                          
 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.             
                                          
             SOME QUIRKS              
                                          
  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE 
 THE ENGINE  IS FULLY  SPUN UP, RESULTING 
 IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. 
                                          
 IT    MADE    ME    BUY   A    VHS   CAM 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        
                                          
           MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN           
                   TO                   
          JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN          
                                          
       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY