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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) .~-:=§§§§¶
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#@¶§§=:-~. 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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§=-~...... 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 .~-:=§§¶@#
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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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