my good fathers good friend  gave me the 
  
  fostex x fifteen                      
  
 and  its   a  two track   tape  recorder 
                                          
 i don't really get how it works.  it has 
 two  x rca in, two x rca out, and four x 
 rca "tape out" which i guess is all four 
 channels  on the cassette -  which means 
 the  b side is played  backwards if it's 
                like that                 
                                          
 so now  i  have to differentiate between 
 four track cassettes and two x two track 
       ones... or not, just as well       
                                          
                                   
                                          
 it featyures a low noise floor  which is 
 great,   but  there  is  some  dithering 
 noise  or  if  it is  the motor,  i dont 
                   know,                  
 also there is a really rad  red cassette 
                slot cover                
                                          
                                    
                                          
 it  does not  have  a  speed hole  but 
 rather  a much neater actual  speed knob 
 i   dont   know   the   percentage    of 
 difference  but it  applies also to fast 
            forward and rewind            
                                          
  
  future refusals                       
  
                                          
 update:  this  fuckers  gone  whacko and 
 you need to flip  it over constantly and 
 get    in    there   with    your   hand