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..:-†^£¤## my good  fathers good friend gave me the ##¤£^†-:..
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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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...:-†^£¤# 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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