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¶@@%††~~,, a  cool   enough  sony  walkman   called ,,~~††%@@¶
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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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@¶¶@%$†=~,  denoising techniques are simple. actual ,~=†$%@¶¶@
@$==~~,,,, denoising  for  the noise, and maybe  an ,,,,~~==$@
@¶%†~,,,,,            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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##@¶@$†=~,            ## some quirks ##             ,~=†$@¶@##
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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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