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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 §§**-~,,,,
,~-;*$§@@# speed hole  but  it's hidden beneath its #@@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@##                  shell.                  ##@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@##                                          ##@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@@# a  cool thing  is  the  speaker  on  the #@@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$@@## front. but isn't that a magnet close  to ##@@$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@@#              the tape? yes               #@@§$*;-~,
,,,,~-*$@@                                          @@$*-~,,,,
,~-;*$§@@#             ## is it good ##             #@@§$*;-~,
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,,~~-**$$@ well. it  has some very real compression @$$**-~~,,
,,,~~-*§@@ going  on  so close  vox  and other high @@§*-~~,,,
,,,,~;;$§@ volume  things are very  crisp  and with @§$;;~,,,,
,~-;*$§@## kind  of  low noise.  but  when  there's ##@§$*;-~,
,,,~;*$§§§ more  of an ambience,  all  you  hear is §§§$*;~,,,
,~-;*$§@##          hiss and motor noise.           ##@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@@#                                          #@@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§@@@  denoising techniques are simple. actual @@@§$*;-~,
,~-;*$§§@@ denoising for the  noise, and  maybe  an @@§§$*;-~,
,,,--;*$$§            eq for the motor.             §$$*;--,,,
,,,,,~;$§§                                          §§$;~,,,,,
,~-;*$§@## ##     what     is     it     for     ## ##@§$*;-~,
,,,,~-;;$@                                          @$;;-~,,,,
,,,~-****§ 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 ~          @§§*-,,,,,
,,,,~-;$§@                  , to ,                  @§$;-~,,,,
,~-;*$$§§@         - july twenty eighteen -         @§§$$*;-~,
,,,,,~;;*§                                          §*;;~,,,,,
,~---*$$@@       superseded by the tcm twenty       @@$$*---~,
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