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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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,,,,,,.~/% 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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