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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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