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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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#@$**«~... it  featyures a low noise floor which is ...~«**$@#
@$**«~.... great,  but  there  is  some   dithering ....~«**$@
$**«~..... noise  or  if  it  is the  motor, i dont .....~«**$
@$**«~....                   know,                  ....~«**$@
#@$**«~... also there is  a really rad red cassette ...~«**$@#
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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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