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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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###@¤%:=,,            ## 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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