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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 ,,,,,,,,^~
^~^,,,,,,,                  shell.                  ,,,,,,,^~^
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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. ,^~^^%£¶##
#¶£%^^~^,,                                          ,,^~^^%£¶#
¶£%^^~^,,, 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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