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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. ¤¤§^^,,,,,
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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 ,          #¤=^^«,,,,
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,,«^=§¤###         « JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN «         ###¤§=^«,,
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,,,,,,^§§¤       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¤§§^,,,,,,
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