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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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