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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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..:~=†%### 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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