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##@§$*/~.. my good fathers good friend  gave me the ..~/*$§@##
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§$*/~..... . fostex x fifteen                     . .....~/*$§
###§$*/~.. ........................................ ..~/*$§###
##@§$*/~.. and   its   a  two track  tape  recorder ..~/*$§@##
##@§$*/~..                                          ..~/*$§@##
@@@§$*/~.. i don't really get  how it works. it has ..~/*$§@@@
###§$*/~.. two x rca in, two x rca out, and four  x ..~/*$§###
§§§*~..... 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,                  ......~*§#
##@§$*/~.. also  there is a really rad red cassette ..~/*$§@##
§$/.......                slot cover                ......./$§
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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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