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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 ##@#§=;--.
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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 -          ##@#§=;--.
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.--;=§####         - JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN -         ####§=;--.
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.--;=§#@##       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ##@#§=;--.
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