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##@¤*=†-^¨ 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 ¨^-†††=¤¤¤
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##@¤*=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=*¤@##
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##@¤*=†-^¨ 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 ¨^-†=*¤@##
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##@¤*=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=*¤@##
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##@¤*=†-^¨ IN   A   NICE   SWOOP   BEING  RECORDED. ¨^-†=*¤@##
##@¤*=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=*¤@##
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##@¤*=†-^¨                                          ¨^-†=*¤@##
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