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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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