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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 ##¶#%===,,
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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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