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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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