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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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##¤¤¤†^~,. 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  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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###@¤†^~,. 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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