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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 ##             ¨¨,~~==*¤¤
¤¤*==~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~==*¤¤
¤%***=~~,¨ 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. ¨¨,~===%¤@
@¤%%=~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~=%%¤@
##@¤%*=~,¨ it    made    me    buy    a   vhs   cam ¨,~=*%¤@##
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##@¤%*=~,¨                  # # #                   ¨,~=*%¤@##
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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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