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¨#¨##¨¨#¨# A   COOL  ENOUGH   SONY  WALKMAN  CALLED ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
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¨#¨¨#¨##¨#          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
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¨#¨¨#¨##¨# 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              ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
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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.           ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨##¨¨#¨#  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 ##            ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨##¨¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#  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        ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨##¨¨#¨#          , MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ,          ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨##¨¨#¨#         ~ JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN ~         ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
¨#¨¨#¨##¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨##¨#
¨#¨##¨¨#¨#       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨#¨##¨¨#¨#
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