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^~:,,,,,,, A   COOL   ENOUGH  SONY  WALKMAN  CALLED ,,,,,,,:~^
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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,,  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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