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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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