,^-^*%¶@##                                          ##@¶%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*^-^,
,,,,,,,-*&                                          &*-,,,,,,,
,,^-^**&¶@                                          @¶&**^-^,,
,^-^*%&@##                                          ##@&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@# a  cool  enough   sony  walkman   called #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&&&&                                          &&&&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#                   # # #                  #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#          ###  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.             #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*&¶@##                                          ##@¶&*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@# ##     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 ¶%*-^^^,,,
,^-^*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#                  # # #                   #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#         rest in pieces, literally        #@¶&%*^-^,
,,,,,,,-*&                                          &*-,,,,,,,
,^-^*%&¶@#          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶¶¶                  , to ,                  ¶¶¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&&&&         - july twenty eighteen -         &&&&%*^-^,
,,,,,^^-*&                                          &*-^^,,,,,
,^-^*%&¶@#       superseded by the tcm twenty       #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&&&&                                          &&&&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^**%%&¶                                          ¶&%%**^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*^-^,
,^-^*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*^-^,