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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.          ,-^*&&@@##
#@@&&*^-,,                                          ,,-^*&&@@#
@@&&*^-,,,  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 -         ,,,-^*&&@@
#@@&&*^-,,                                          ,,-^*&&@@#
##@@&&*^-,       superseded by the tcm twenty       ,-^*&&@@##
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