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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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..-^††$¤##          . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN .          ##¤$††^-..
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..-^†$¤###         - JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN -         ###¤$†^-..
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..-^†$¤###       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ###¤$†^-..
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