,,~-†$*#@#                                          #@#*$†-~,,
,~-†$*#@##                                          ##@#*$†-~,
,,~-†$*#@#                                          #@#*$†-~,,
,,,~-†$*#@                                          @#*$†-~,,,
,,,,~-†$*#                                          #*$†-~,,,,
,,,,,~-†$* a  cool  enough   sony  walkman   called *$†-~,,,,,
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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.           ##@#*$†-~,
,,~-†$*#@#                                          #@#*$†-~,,
,,,~-†$*#@ denoising techniques are simple. actual  @#*$†-~,,,
,,,,~-†$*# denoising  for the  noise,  and maybe an #*$†-~,,,,
,,,,,~-†$*            eq for the motor.             *$†-~,,,,,
,,,,,,~-†$                                          $†-~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-† ##     what     is     it     for     ## †-~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ i  use it for talking to when i'm drunk. ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, it   does  this  very  good.  the  pause ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, button is  a small stop, the stop button ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             is a major stop.             ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,            ## some quirks ##             ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  when unpausing, recording begins before ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, the engine  is fully spun up,  resulting ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, in  a   nice   swoop   being   recorded. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~- it   made    me   buy    a    vhs    cam -~,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,~-†$                                          $†-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-†$*                   # # #                  *$†-~,,,,,
,,,,~-†$*#                                          #*$†-~,,,,
,,,~-†$*#@         rest in pieces, literally        @#*$†-~,,,
,,~-†$*#@#                                          #@#*$†-~,,
,~-†$*#@##          ~ may twenty fifteen ~          ##@#*$†-~,
,,~-†$*#@#                  , to ,                  #@#*$†-~,,
,,,~-†$*#@         - july twenty eighteen -         @#*$†-~,,,
,,,,~-†$*#                                          #*$†-~,,,,
,,,,,~-†$*       superseded by the tcm twenty       *$†-~,,,,,
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