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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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