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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 ##             #@#$†\=~..
...~=\†$#@                                          @#$†\=~...
....~=\†$# WELL. IT HAS  SOME VERY REAL COMPRESSION #$†\=~....
.....~=\†$ GOING  ON  SO CLOSE  VOX AND  OTHER HIGH $†\=~.....
......~=\† VOLUME  THINGS  ARE VERY  CRISP AND WITH †\=~......
.......~=\ KIND  OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT WHEN  THERE'S \=~.......
........~= MORE  OF AN  AMBIENCE,  ALL YOU  HEAR IS =~........
.........~          HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.           ~.........
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.......... DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL  ..........
.......... DENOISING FOR  THE NOISE,  AND MAYBE  AN ..........
..........            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             ..........
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.......... ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## ..........
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.......... I USE IT  FOR TALKING TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. ..........
.......... IT  DOES   THIS  VERY  GOOD.  THE  PAUSE ..........
.........~ BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE  STOP BUTTON ~.........
........~=             IS A MAJOR STOP.             =~........
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......~=\†            ## SOME QUIRKS ##             †\=~......
.....~=\†$                                          $†\=~.....
....~=\†$#  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 #@#$†\=~..
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.......~=\        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         \=~.......
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.........~          ~ MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ~          ~.........
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..........         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         ..........
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..........       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ..........
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