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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.                  &&,,&,&,&,
,&,&,&&&,,                                          ,&,&&&&&&,
&&&&&,,&,, 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.             &,,&&&,,,,
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&&,&,,&,&& ##     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.             ,&&&,,,&&,
,,,,&,&,&&                                          &,,&,,&,&,
,,,&&&&&,&            ## 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 &&&&,,,,,,
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&,,,&&,&,,                   # # #                  ,&,&,,,,&&
&,,&,&&&,,                                          &&&&,,,&,,
&,&&&,,&,&        rest in pieces, literally         ,,,&,,&&,&
&&,,&,&&&,                                          ,,&&,&,&&,
,&,&&&,,&&          ~ may twenty fifteen ~          ,&,&&&&,&&
&&&,,&,&,,                  , to ,                  &&&,,,&&,&
,,&,&&&&,,         » july twenty eighteen »         ,,&,,&,&&,
,&&&,,,&,,                                          ,&&,&&&,&,
&,,&,,&&,,       superseded by the tcm twenty       &,&&,,&&&,
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