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......^-;§ A  COOL   ENOUGH   SONY  WALKMAN  CALLED §;-^......
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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 ..........
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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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..^-;§@£#@ 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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......^-;§          ^ MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ^          §;-^......
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........^-         - JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN -         -^........
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..........       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ..........
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