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