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 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
        REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY         
                                          
           MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN           
                   TO                   
          JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN          
                                          
       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY