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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 ##             ,,,^////%#
#@^^/««^,,                                          ,,^««/^^@#
###@%^/«^, 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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###@%^/«^,                   # # #                  ,^«/^%@###
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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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