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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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