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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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