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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 .~-\†@####
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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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¶¶¶#@†\-~.  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE .~-\†@#¶¶¶
##¶#@†\-~. THE ENGINE IS  FULLY SPUN  UP, RESULTING .~-\†@#¶##
###¶#@†\-. IN   A   NICE  SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. .-\†@#¶###
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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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