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,&&&&&&&,, a  cool   enough   sony  walkman  called &,&,&,&,&,
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&,,,,,&&&&                  # # #                   ,,,,,,,,&&
&,,,,&,,,,          ###  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       &&,&,&&,,,
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