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,-~†$§#### A  COOL  ENOUGH  SONY   WALKMAN   CALLED ####§$†~-,
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,,,,,-†§##          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ##§†-,,,,,
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,-~†$§#### IT'S BATTERY POWERED  (TWO AA BATTERIES) ####§$†~-,
,,,,-~†$§# AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT DOES  FEATURE A #§$†~-,,,,
,-~†$§#### SPEED HOLE BUT  IT'S HIDDEN  BENEATH ITS ####§$†~-,
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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 ##§††~-,,,
,-~†$§#### VOLUME THINGS ARE  VERY  CRISP  AND WITH ####§$†~-,
,-~†$§#### KIND  OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN THERE'S ####§$†~-,
,-~†$§#### MORE OF  AN  AMBIENCE,  ALL YOU HEAR  IS ####§$†~-,
,-~†$#####           HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.          #####$†~-,
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,,,,,,~$## DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL  ##$~,,,,,,
,-~†$§#### DENOISING  FOR  THE NOISE, AND MAYBE  AN ####§$†~-,
,-~†$§####            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             ####§$†~-,
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,-~†$§#### I USE IT FOR  TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ####§$†~-,
,-~†$§#### IT   DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ####§$†~-,
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,-~†$§####             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ####§$†~-,
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,-~†$§#### IN  A   NICE   SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. ####§$†~-,
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,-~†$§#### IT   MADE    ME    BUY   A    VHS    CAM ####§$†~-,
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,,,,,,-†§#          - MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN -          #§†-,,,,,,
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