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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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§£%:~,,,,, 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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