A  COOL   ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED 
                                          
                                       
            TCM ONEFIFTY            
                                       
                                          
 IT'S  BATTERY POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) 
 AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES  FEATURE A 
 SPEED HOLE BUT  IT'S HIDDEN BENEATH  ITS 
                  SHELL.                  
                                          
 A  COOL  THING IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE 
 FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A MAGNET  CLOSE TO 
              THE TAPE? YES               
                                          
              IS IT GOOD              
                                          
 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.           
                                          
  DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL 
 DENOISING  FOR THE  NOISE,  AND MAYBE AN 
            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             
                                          
      WHAT     IS     IT     FOR      
                                          
 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.             
                                          
              SOME QUIRKS             
                                          
  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 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         
                                          
           MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN           
                   TO                   
          JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN          
                                          
       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY