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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 #@#&§%=«^,
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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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,^«=%§&#@# going on so  close vox  and  other  high #@#&§%=«^,
,^«=%§&### volume  things are very  crisp  and with ###&§%=«^,
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,,,,,,«%§# it  does   this  very  good.  the  pause #§%«,,,,,,
,^«===§§## button is  a small stop, the stop button ##§§===«^,
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,,,,^«%§&& 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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,^«=%§&#@#          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          #@#&§%=«^,
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,,,,^=§§&@         « july twenty eighteen «         @&§§=^,,,,
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,,,,^«=§§#       superseded by the tcm twenty       #§§=«^,,,,
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