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####$†;~.¨ A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED ¨.~;†$####
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#$†;~.¨¨¨¨          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ¨¨¨¨.~;†$#
##$†;~.¨¨¨                  # # #                   ¨¨¨.~;†$##
###$†;~.¨¨                                          ¨¨.~;†$###
####$†;~.¨ IT'S BATTERY POWERED  (TWO AA BATTERIES) ¨.~;†$####
###$†;~.¨¨ AND HAS  A MICROPHONE. IT DOES FEATURE A ¨¨.~;†$###
##$†;~.¨¨¨ SPEED HOLE  BUT IT'S HIDDEN BENEATH  ITS ¨¨¨.~;†$##
#$†;~.¨¨¨¨                  SHELL.                  ¨¨¨¨.~;†$#
##$†;~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~;†$##
###$†;~.¨¨ A COOL  THING  IS  THE  SPEAKER  ON  THE ¨¨.~;†$###
####$†;~.¨ FRONT. BUT ISN'T THAT A  MAGNET CLOSE TO ¨.~;†$####
###$†;~.¨¨               THE TAPE? YES              ¨¨.~;†$###
##$†;~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~;†$##
#$†;~.¨¨¨¨             ## IS IT GOOD ##             ¨¨¨¨.~;†$#
##$†;~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~;†$##
###$†;~.¨¨ WELL. IT HAS SOME  VERY REAL COMPRESSION ¨¨.~;†$###
####$†;~.¨ GOING  ON  SO CLOSE VOX AND  OTHER  HIGH ¨.~;†$####
###$†;~.¨¨ VOLUME  THINGS ARE  VERY CRISP  AND WITH ¨¨.~;†$###
##$†;~.¨¨¨ KIND OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN  THERE'S ¨¨¨.~;†$##
#$†;~.¨¨¨¨ MORE  OF  AN AMBIENCE, ALL  YOU HEAR  IS ¨¨¨¨.~;†$#
##$†;~.¨¨¨          HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.           ¨¨¨.~;†$##
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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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####$†;~.¨ I USE  IT FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ¨.~;†$####
###$†;~.¨¨ IT  DOES  THIS  VERY   GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ¨¨.~;†$###
##$†;~.¨¨¨ BUTTON IS  A SMALL STOP, THE STOP BUTTON ¨¨¨.~;†$##
#$†;~.¨¨¨¨             IS A MAJOR STOP.             ¨¨¨¨.~;†$#
##$†;~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~;†$##
###$†;~.¨¨             ## SOME QUIRKS ##            ¨¨.~;†$###
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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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####$†;~.¨          . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN .          ¨.~;†$####
###$†;~.¨¨                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨¨.~;†$###
##$†;~.¨¨¨         ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~         ¨¨¨.~;†$##
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##$†;~.¨¨¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨¨¨.~;†$##
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