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##§%†=«-¨¨ 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.                  ¨¨¨-«=†%§#
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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 ##            ¨-«=†%§###
##§%†=«-¨¨                                          ¨¨-«=†%§##
#§%†=«-¨¨¨ 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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