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#@§¤=†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
##@§¤=†=,¨ A  COOL  ENOUGH  SONY   WALKMAN   CALLED ¨,=†=¤§@##
#@§¤=†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                   # # #                  ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
§¤=†=,¨¨¨¨          ###  TCM ONEFIFTY  ###          ¨¨¨¨,=†=¤§
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                   # # #                  ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
#@§¤=†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
##@§¤=†=,¨ 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               ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
§¤=†=,¨¨¨¨             ## 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.             ¨¨¨¨,=†=¤§
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
#@§¤=†=,¨¨             ## SOME QUIRKS ##            ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
##@§¤=†=,¨                                          ¨,=†=¤§@##
#@§¤=†=,¨¨ WHEN UNPAUSING, RECORDING BEGINS BEFORE  ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨ THE ENGINE  IS FULLY  SPUN UP, RESULTING ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
§¤=†=,¨¨¨¨ IN   A  NICE   SWOOP   BEING   RECORDED. ¨¨¨¨,=†=¤§
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
#@§¤=†=,¨¨ IT    MADE   ME    BUY    A    VHS   CAM ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
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@§¤=†=,¨¨¨                   # # #                  ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
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@§¤=†=,¨¨¨         REST IN PIECES, LITERALLY        ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
#@§¤=†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
##@§¤=†=,¨          , MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ,          ¨,=†=¤§@##
#@§¤=†=,¨¨                  ¨ TO ¨                  ¨¨,=†=¤§@#
@§¤=†=,¨¨¨         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
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@§¤=†=,¨¨¨       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       ¨¨¨,=†=¤§@
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