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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 £§%*^=,,,,
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,,=^*%§£##                  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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,,=^*%§£##  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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,,,,,=^*%§          , MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ,          §%*^=,,,,,
,,,,=^*%§£                  , TO ,                  £§%*^=,,,,
,,,=^*%§£#         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         #£§%*^=,,,
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,,,=^*%§£#       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       #£§%*^=,,,
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