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       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY