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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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