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....-/%@@@ my good fathers good friend gave me  the @@@%/-....
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.--/%$@### . fostex x fifteen                     . ###@$%/--.
.--/%$@### ........------------------------........ ###@$%/--.
.--/%$@### and  its  a  two track   tape   recorder ###@$%/--.
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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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