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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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