Toshiba XR-9459
Little is documented about the Toshiba XR-9459. The clearest trace in the period record is a listing in HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (July 1990, p.65), where it appeared at $400 in the magazine's portable-player roundup. It appears to have been a portable CD player, and a pricey one for its time. The $80 Toshiba RP-2068 portable, covered a month earlier in the same magazine's "Bits on the Run" feature, cost a fifth as much.
The July article's general comments on portables stressed better battery life, thanks to new power-saving chips. It also noted that some players could recharge in as little as three hours while others took up to eight. Whether any of that applied to the XR-9459 isn't recorded, since the magazine's notes were category-level. No further specifications, production years, or history have surfaced in the archive's research.
- Portable CD player (per period listing)
- Listed price: $400
- Source: HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers, July 1990, p.65
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