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-=:*%@## A COOL ENOUGH SONY WALKMAN CALLED ##@#&%*:=-
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.-=:*%@@ # # # @@#&%*:=-.
....--:%%# ### TCM ONEFIFTY ### #%%:--....
.-=:*%@# # # # #@#&%*:=-.
....-:*%&@ @&%*:-....
.-=:*%@# 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 ##@#&*:=-.
.-=:***& #&&***:=-.
......-:*& ## 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 ## #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# #@#&%*:=-.
......-:%& 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 ## &&**::-...
..-=:*%%## ##%%*:=-..
....---:%# WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE #%:---....
...--=*%## THE ENGINE IS FULLY SPUN UP, RESULTING ##%*=--...
.-=:*%@# IN A NICE SWOOP BEING RECORDED. #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# #@#&%*:=-.
...-==:*%# IT MADE ME BUY A VHS CAM #%*:==-...
.-=:*%@# #@#&%*:=-.
.---===*&@ @&*===---.
...---:*%# # # # #%*:---...
.-=:*%@# #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY #@#&%*:=-.
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..--::**&& - MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN - &&**::--..
.-=:*%@# . TO . #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN = #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# #@#&%*:=-.
.-=:*%@# SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY #@#&%*:=-.
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