Just something to note, the floor stand goes for more than $350 on places like eBay, usually pushing 500 bucks. As for the rest, even though I have a BS9000 Mk I I don't know, mine has not had many problems. The glass fell off of mine years ago, early ones had problems with how the glass was bonded to the hinges, but hasn't had any problems since I had it repaired.

The CD would be the most problematic I think, as supposedly the lasers are not made any more, but if you could get it up to snuff cosmetically it would still make a great audio master/radio/aux in (I use a Playmaker to stream to mine). They are works of art.

You would probably need to spend upwards of a $1000 to get it in shape. I have an MKII and had to replace the laser last year, and that was somewhere between $500-$600 at an authorized repair shop. You may also have other unknown issues that could add to the cost. I see MKIIs and MKIIIs listed at a reasonable price these days, and it would be preferable to have a MKIII for net radio.

On the other hand $350 is the price for a used stand, so you may want to pull the trigger as in the worse case you would have a stand.

Okay. So I went ahead and purchased it this morning.

Jeff, I was seriously thinking about just using it as a "work of art" and mainly using the aux with apple airplay and a dac if a good cleaning doesn't get the cd player working

I took the screws off to the hinges to remove the door.  I feel confident that I can glue the hinge and glass together again myself.

I suppose the major issue now is the hinge attached to the system.  Like I said, the hinge is locked in the open position and I can't seem to mobilize it.  Moderate pressure does not move the hinge inward.  It makes me wonder if there's something stuck in there.

Does anyone have experience with this issue?

Much appreciated!

I don't quite understand what this hinge is...is the door hinge or something else?

Only one hinge is a motor driven, the upper one. The other is just a hinge with a spring. You can glue back the glass.

The laser cab be replaced or fixed.

I had a chance to disassemble the unit and reseat the left door holder before I read root and Beobuddy's post that there is a spring.  I did not see a spring anywhere remotely close.

Do you think it will work without the spring? How hard would it be to install the spring, provided I can get it.

Also, I will glue the door back on the brackets but all my research came back with a high recommendation to use epoxy. 

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root, is there any brand glue you'd use.  There seems to be so many mixed reviews on glue for glass, include rearview mirror glue.

Thanks again.

It will be more of an audio master at this point. Parts for the electrical and CD components for Mk1s are exceedingly hard to get anymore. There's a similarly good deal on the local craigslist where I'm visiting for a complete Mk1 with stand for 800.00 in I assume working condition, but it is a 220v model that will have to be converted. I don't think it's worth fiddling with as it is just a Mk1. But they'll sell the stand for 200 and I might knock them down to 100 and take that. 

Best 9000s to get seem to be the Mk2s which have a huge market of replacement lasers out there and still have available electrical parts, while the Mk3 lasers, while still available from B&O, are supposedly no where else once that supply dries up (at least as of several months ago, last I looked into 9000s). 

Also, as far as I know, the glass replacements for Mk1s were not just a goodwill thing, they were a full on recall, so I'd imagine if you have one with separated glass (which shouldn't have happened to any of the later units) you could theoretically just get a B&O dealer to replace it. 

Agreed.  I like the idea of using it as an audio master since most of my music is streamed anyway.  

The left door holder spring (or lack thereof) is my biggest hurdle now.  It seems like such a specialty part that it may no longer be available.  Even if I get my hands on it, I have no idea how it attaches.  

Perhaps I don't need the spring?!

In any case, barring the spring and re-gluing the glass, I think I'm all set.