A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED 
                                          
                                       
            TCM ONEFIFTY            
                                       
                                          
 IT'S BATTERY  POWERED (TWO AA BATTERIES) 
 AND HAS A MICROPHONE. IT  DOES FEATURE A 
 SPEED HOLE  BUT IT'S HIDDEN  BENEATH ITS 
                  SHELL.                  
                                          
 A  COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER ON  THE 
 FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A  MAGNET CLOSE TO 
               THE TAPE? YES              
                                          
              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      
                                          
 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. 
                                          
 IT    MADE    ME   BUY    A   VHS    CAM 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        
                                          
           MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN           
                   TO                   
          JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN          
                                          
       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY