,:~†=¤§§§#                                          #§§§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤=†~:,
,,,,:~†¤##                                          ##¤†~:,,,,
,:~†=¤§##@                                          @##§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§§#@                                          @#§§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§#@# A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED #@#§¤=†~:,
,,,:::~=§@                                          @§=~:::,,,
,:~†=¤§###                   # # #                  ###§¤=†~:,
,,,,:~†==§          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          §==†~:,,,,
,,,,,,:~=§                   # # #                  §=~:,,,,,,
,:~†=¤§###                                          ###§¤=†~:,
,,,:~†==¤# 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 ##             ###§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤¤¤§# 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       §=~~~:,,,,
,:~†=¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§#@@                                          @@#§¤=†~:,
,,,,~~==§@                                          @§==~~,,,,
,:~†=¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤=†~:,
,:~†=¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤=†~:,