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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.            ¨¨¨~«*§¤@#
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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.             ¨¨~«*§¤@##
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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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@¤§*«~¨¨¨¨ 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 «         ¨¨¨¨¨~«*§¤
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#@¤§*«~¨¨¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨¨¨~«*§¤@#
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