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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.          ,,,,,,=*=*
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#&*=*=,,,, 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.             ,,,,,,,=*=
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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IT   MADE   ME    BUY    A    VHS    CAM ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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