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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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