.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
.....~*§@#                                          #@§*~.....
.^~/*$§@@@                                          @@@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
.^~~~****§                                          §****~~~^.
.^~~~~/*$§ a   cool  enough  sony   walkman  called §$*/~~~~^.
.....^~*§@                                          @§*~^.....
.^~/*$§@##                   # # #                  ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@##          ###  tcm onefifty  ###          ##@§$*/~^.
...^^^/$§#                  # # #                   #§$/^^^...
.^~/*$@###                                          ###@$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@## it's battery powered (two  aa batteries) ##@§$*/~^.
....~~~~*§ 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.             @@§**/~~^.
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
..^^~//*$§             ## some quirks ##            §$*//~^^..
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@##  when unpausing, recording begins before ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@## the engine is  fully spun up,  resulting ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§§@@ in  a   nice   swoop   being   recorded. @@§§$*/~^.
....~**§@#                                          #@§**~....
....^~*$§§ it   made    me   buy    a    vhs    cam §§$*~^....
.....^/**§                                          §**/^.....
.....~/*§§                                          §§*/~.....
.^/*$§@###                  # # #                   ###@§$*/^.
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
...^/**$§#         rest in pieces, literally        #§$**/^...
......^~*§                                          §*~^......
....^~/$$@          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          @$$/~^....
....~/*$§#                  . to .                  #§$*/~....
.....~/*$§         ~ july twenty eighteen ~         §$*/~.....
....^/**$@                                          @$**/^....
.^~/*$§@##       superseded by the tcm twenty       ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§###                                          ###§$*/~^.
....^/**§#                                          #§**/^....
.^^~~~~*§@                                          @§*~~~~^^.
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.
.^~/*$§@##                                          ##@§$*/~^.