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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.             ,:=^*¤¤@##
#@¤¤*^=:,,                                          ,,:=^*¤¤@#
@¤¤*^=:,,, ##     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 ##            ,,:=^*¤¤@#
@¤¤*^=:,,,                                          ,,,:=^*¤¤@
#@¤¤*^=:,, 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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