Well I could just do with the Beosystem 6500 handle everything however I'm getting more into getting my B&O collection scaled down these days.
This means Beosystem 6000 and 8000 takes to much space but it plays awesomely when it works.
After getting the Beosystem 6500 I started to like how well functional and options you have towards linking which has become more of a things to try since I have more room than when getting into 6000 and 8000. Soundwise I like the 6500 just as much.
I like my CDX and BM8000 connection but push CD on a Beolink or MCP remote to get the CD6500 going is also as enjoyable to me.
The Beosound 9000 is interesting as the only way to really see if its going to be of good use is to get one. This goes for all B&O old or new. I have always wondered if I could live with just cd's but never really tried too do it. I even have the honor of 10 days at B&O in Struer packing these some 4-6 years ago if I recall correctly. The whole Beosound 9000 group were ladies at the time.
So far the Beosound 9000 is linked to the AV9000 loosely and it works great. It has not been used for cd playing the last few years so dust were ower and under the glass. It did say cd cleaning required. I did a research here on Beoworld and cleaned it. Then changed the option so Beo4 would work.
I got 1 question to the link to the kitchen. What if it would be a Beolink passive instead of MCL2047 and ML/MCL converter?
As I understand the link room speakers goes to the ML line rather than MCL from the Beosystem 6500.
Would a Beolink passive change anything in your sugested setup?