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§§=-...... a  cool   enough  sony  walkman   called ......-=§§
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##§$$=/-^.          ###  tcm onefifty  ###          .^-/=$$§##
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#$==-^.... it's battery  powered (two aa batteries) ....^-==$#
§$/^...... and has a microphone. it  does feature a ......^/$§
###§$=/-^. speed hole but it's hidden  beneath  its .^-/=$§###
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#§§=//^...              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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###§$=/-^. denoising  for the noise,  and  maybe an .^-/=$§###
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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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#$$//^....          ^ may twenty fifteen ^          ....^//$$#
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§$=/^.....         - july twenty eighteen -         .....^/=$§
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###§$=/-^.       superseded by the tcm twenty       .^-/=$§###
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