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....~††%§§                                          §§%††~....
....~††¤§§                                          §§¤††~....
....^~~~%§ a  cool   enough  sony   walkman  called §%~~~^....
.^~†%¤§#@@                                          @@#§¤%†~^.
.^~†%¤§#@@                  # # #                   @@#§¤%†~^.
.^~†%¤§@##          ###  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 §§%†~.....
.^~†%¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤%†~^.
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..^~~††¤#@                  # # #                   @#¤††~~^..
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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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