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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.          ¨¨¨¨¨,~††§
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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 ##            ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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