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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 ##            ¨¨¨¨.==†%#
&%%%†.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.†%%%&
###&%=†=.¨ 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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&%==¨¨¨¨¨¨                  # # #                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨==%&
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###&%=†=.¨         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        ¨.=†=%&###
###&%=†=.¨                                          ¨.=†=%&###
###&%=†=.¨          . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN .          ¨.=†=%&###
###&%=†=.¨                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨.=†=%&###
###&%=†=.¨         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         ¨.=†=%&###
#%††==¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨==††%#
###&%=†=.¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨.=†=%&###
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