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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 .          ###@@%;-.,
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,.-;%@@@##         - july twenty eighteen -         ##@@@%;-.,
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,.-;@@####       superseded by the tcm twenty       ####@@;-.,
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