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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 ,,~**%@¶##
@%***~,,,,                  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 ##             ,,~**%@¶##
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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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##¶@%**~,, 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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