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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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.,~=*$#### ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ####$*=~,.
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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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.,~=*$#### IT    MADE   ME    BUY   A    VHS    CAM ####$*=~,.
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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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