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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.                  ¨~-=*§#@@@
#§**-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-**§#
##@@#*=-~¨ 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.           ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*#
@#§=~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~=§#@
#@@#§*=-~¨ denoising techniques are simple. actual  ¨~-=*§#@@#
#*-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ denoising for  the noise, and  maybe  an ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-*#
##@#§*=-~¨             eq for the motor.            ¨~-=*§#@##
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##@@#*=-~¨ ##     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.             ¨~-=*§#@@#
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#§==-~¨¨¨¨            ## some quirks ##             ¨¨¨¨~-==§#
##@#§*=-~¨                                          ¨~-=*§#@##
#@@#§*=-~¨ 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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@@@#§*=-~¨                  # # #                   ¨~-=*§#@@@
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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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