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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 ..:-=^@§@#
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##@§@^=-:. WELL. IT HAS SOME  VERY REAL COMPRESSION .:-=^@§@##
#@§@^=-:.. GOING  ON  SO CLOSE VOX AND  OTHER  HIGH ..:-=^@§@#
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#@§@^=-:.. 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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##@§@^=-:. IN   A   NICE   SWOOP  BEING   RECORDED. .:-=^@§@##
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#@§@^=-:..        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ..:-=^@§@#
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#@§@^=-:..       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ..:-=^@§@#
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