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&,&,,,&,,& A   COOL  ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN   CALLED &&,,&&&,&,
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,,,,&,&,&&                  # # #                   ,&&&&&,&,,
,,,,&&&&&,          ###  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       &,,,&&&,&,
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