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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 §*%%//=...
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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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