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