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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 ,          ¨,~†§%@@@#
@@@§~~,¨¨¨                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨¨¨,~~§@@@
##@@%§†~,¨         ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~         ¨,~†§%@@##
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##@@@%§~,¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨,~§%@@@##
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