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#&****:«.¨ my good fathers good friend gave me  the ¨.«:****&#
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###&**:«.¨ ¨ fostex x fifteen                     ¨ ¨.«:**&###
#**:«.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨........................¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.«:**#
#&**::««.¨ and   its   a  two track  tape  recorder ¨.««::**&#
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###&**:«.¨ 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                ¨.«:**&###
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&*:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ so now i have to  differentiate  between ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:*&
#&*:.¨¨¨¨¨ four track cassettes and two x two track ¨¨¨¨¨.:*&#
###&**:«.¨       ones... or not, just as well       ¨.«:**&###
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&***«¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨«**&&
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###&**:«.¨ 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            ¨¨¨¨.:**&#
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###&**:«.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨.«:**&###
#&*:«....¨ ¨ future refusals                      ¨ ¨....«:*&#
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&*:««¨¨¨¨¨ update:  this  fuckers  gone  whacko and ¨¨¨¨¨««:*&
&&*:..¨¨¨¨ you  need to flip it over constantly and ¨¨¨¨..:*&&
####&*:«.¨ get    in    there    with   your   hand ¨.«:*&####
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