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       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY