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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.                  %:=~......
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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 ##             %:=~......
.....~=:%@                                          @%:=~.....
....~=:%@& 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.            :=~.......
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.........~ ##     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 =         @&@%:=~...
..~=:%@&@#                                          #@&@%:=~..
.~=:%@&@##       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ##@&@%:=~.
..~=:%@&@#                                          #@&@%:=~..
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