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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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