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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 ###§¤§^-~.
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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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