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#@&%%^«... a   cool  enough  sony   walkman  called ...«^%%&@#
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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 .......«^%
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##@&%%^«..               the tape? yes              ..«^%%&@##
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##@&%%^«..             ## is it good ##             ..«^%%&@##
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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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##@&%%^«.. 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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###@&%%^«.        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       superseded by the tcm twenty       .......«^%
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