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†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ A  COOL   ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨                   # # #                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨                   # # #                  ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
@@$%†~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
#@@$%†~:¨¨ IT'S BATTERY POWERED (TWO  AA BATTERIES) ¨¨:~†%$@@#
##@@$%†~:¨ AND HAS A  MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A ¨:~†%$@@##
#@@$%†~:¨¨ SPEED HOLE  BUT  IT'S HIDDEN BENEATH ITS ¨¨:~†%$@@#
@@$%†~:¨¨¨                  SHELL.                  ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ A  COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER ON  THE ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ FRONT.  BUT ISN'T THAT A MAGNET CLOSE TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              THE TAPE? YES               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             ## IS IT GOOD ##             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ WELL.  IT HAS SOME VERY REAL COMPRESSION ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨ GOING ON  SO  CLOSE VOX AND  OTHER  HIGH ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
@@$%†~:¨¨¨ VOLUME  THINGS ARE  VERY  CRISP AND WITH ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
#@@$%†~:¨¨ KIND OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN  THERE'S ¨¨:~†%$@@#
##@@$%†~:¨ MORE OF AN  AMBIENCE,  ALL  YOU HEAR  IS ¨:~†%$@@##
#@@$%†~:¨¨           HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.          ¨¨:~†%$@@#
@@$%†~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨  DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ DENOISING  FOR THE  NOISE, AND  MAYBE AN ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ I USE IT FOR TALKING  TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ IT  DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.   THE  PAUSE ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨ BUTTON IS  A SMALL STOP, THE STOP BUTTON ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
@@$%†~:¨¨¨             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
#@@$%†~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~†%$@@#
##@@$%†~:¨             ## SOME QUIRKS ##            ¨:~†%$@@##
#@@$%†~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~†%$@@#
@@$%†~:¨¨¨  WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨ THE ENGINE  IS FULLY SPUN UP,  RESULTING ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ IN   A   NICE   SWOOP   BEING  RECORDED. ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT   MADE    ME   BUY    A    VHS    CAM ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨                  # # #                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
$%†~:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
@@$%†~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
#@@$%†~:¨¨          : MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN :          ¨¨:~†%$@@#
##@@$%†~:¨                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨:~†%$@@##
#@@$%†~:¨¨         ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~         ¨¨:~†%$@@#
@@$%†~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~†%$@@
@$%†~:¨¨¨¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨¨¨¨:~†%$@
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