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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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