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......:=^= MY GOOD FATHERS GOOD FRIEND GAVE  ME THE =^=:......
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........:= . FOSTEX X FIFTEEN                     . =:........
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.......... 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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...:=^=*§@                # ===== #                 @§*=^=:...
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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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