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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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