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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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....=:$%§@ WELL. IT HAS  SOME VERY REAL COMPRESSION @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@ GOING  ON  SO CLOSE  VOX AND  OTHER HIGH @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@# VOLUME THINGS  ARE  VERY CRISP  AND WITH #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@ KIND  OF  LOW  NOISE.  BUT  WHEN THERE'S @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@ MORE OF AN AMBIENCE,  ALL  YOU  HEAR  IS @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@           HISS AND MOTOR NOISE.          @@§%$:=...
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...=:$%§@@ DENOISING TECHNIQUES ARE SIMPLE. ACTUAL  @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@ DENOISING  FOR  THE  NOISE, AND MAYBE AN @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@            EQ FOR THE MOTOR.             @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@#                                          #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@ ##     WHAT     IS     IT     FOR     ## @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@                                          @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@ I USE IT FOR TALKING  TO WHEN I'M DRUNK. @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@# IT  DOES  THIS  VERY  GOOD.   THE  PAUSE #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@ BUTTON IS A SMALL STOP, THE  STOP BUTTON @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@             IS A MAJOR STOP.             @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@                                          @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@#            ## SOME QUIRKS ##             #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@                                          @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@ WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE  @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@ THE  ENGINE IS FULLY SPUN UP,  RESULTING @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@# IN   A  NICE   SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@                                          @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@ IT    MADE   ME    BUY    A   VHS    CAM @§%$:=....
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...=:$%§@@                  # # #                   @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@                                          @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@#                                          #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@          . MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN .          @@§%$:=...
....=:$%§@                  . TO .                  @§%$:=....
...=:$%§@@         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         @@§%$:=...
..=:$%§@@#                                          #@@§%$:=..
...=:$%§@@       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       @@§%$:=...
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