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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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