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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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