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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 ...«*^¤¤##
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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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