##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
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#@§@%:-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨ 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 ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
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#@§@%:-^¨¨                  # # #                   ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨        rest in pieces, literally         ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                  ¨ to ¨                  ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨         - july twenty eighteen -         ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨       superseded by the tcm twenty       ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##
#@§@%:-^¨¨                                          ¨¨^-:%@§@#
##@§@%:-^¨                                          ¨^-:%@§@##