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,,=====@@@ A   COOL  ENOUGH   SONY  WALKMAN  CALLED @@@=====,,
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,,=====@@#          ###  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              ###@@^==,,
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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.           ##@^====,,
,,,,,,=^@#                                          #@^=,,,,,,
,,,,,,==@#  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.             ###@@^==,,
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,,,,,==^^@            ## SOME QUIRKS ##             @^^==,,,,,
,,,,,==^@@                                          @@^==,,,,,
,,,,,,=^@@ 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         @@====,,,,
,,==^@@###                                          ###@@^==,,
,,,,,,=^^@          , MAY TWENTY FIFTEEN ,          @^^=,,,,,,
,,==^@@###                  , TO ,                  ###@@^==,,
,,==^@@###         = JULY TWENTY EIGHTEEN =         ###@@^==,,
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,,,,,,=^@@       SUPERSEDED BY THE TCM TWENTY       @@^=,,,,,,
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