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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.             .~«/†%@¶@@
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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 ##            .~«/†%@¶@@
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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 ~          .~«/†%@¶@#
##@¶%†/«~.                  . TO .                  .~«/†%¶@##
@†//~~....         « JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN «         ....~~//†@
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@@%††/~...       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ...~/††%@@
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