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From: roger@esquire.UUCP (Roger Reid)
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Subject: Re: Fostek 4-track cassette recorder ... Should I buy one?
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Date: Thu, 22-May-86 08:47:47 EDT
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Summary: I like the Fostex X-15

I bought a Fostex X-15, the old model, not the new model. The bottom 
line is this: for $295. at Alex Music on 48th street in NYC, I got myself
something I've lusted after for almost 20 years. The Tascam does
look like a better machine, it ran for $500 at Sam Ash. If you 
want to lay down one track at a time (fostex will only record
up to two at any one time) and can live with Dolby B (I can) and
money is a major consideration, by all means get the Fostex, 
especially now that the new model is out ($350 at Alex, they
say it has "better electronics" (??!!)) and they have to drop
the price on the old model to clear them out. For ama
amatuer synth work, get the Fostex, save 200 - 800 bucks, and
blow the remains (if you had it in the first place) on a reverb
or some such toy! Also nice for music concrete field recordings,
it's light, comes with a battery pack and even some cheap
batteries and a carrying strap. Gosh...hang some big speakers
and an amp off it and you'd have one HECK of a boom box ;-)
					Roger Reid