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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.                  ,,,,,,-*%¤
¤¤*--^,,,,                                          ,,,,^--*¤¤
##@¤%*^-^, 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 ##             ,^-^*%¤@@#
#¤*-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-*¤#
¤¤¤%*-^,,, 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     ## ,^-^*%¤@##
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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         ,^-^*%¤@##
¤¤%%*-,,,,                                          ,,,,-*%%¤¤
#@@¤%*^-^,          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          ,^-^*%¤@@#
##@¤%*^-^,                  , to ,                  ,^-^*%¤@##
##@¤%*^-^,         - july twenty eighteen -         ,^-^*%¤@##
@¤%^^^,,,,                                          ,,,,^^^%¤@
¤*^---^^^,       superseded by the tcm twenty       ,^^^---^*¤
#@%%%*^-^,                                          ,^-^*%%%@#
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#¤*^---^,,                                          ,,^---^*¤#
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