kind of off-topic, but is it your local B&O store that is offering the trade-in opportunity?  they woudl never allow something like that here as I have asked all of the stores around me.  what do they end up doing with the trade-ins?  are they sold used?  just curious... thanks.

pls. disregard my previous post.  i just realized you meant a used dealer~

I must confess that I would be unable to borrow a pair of Beolab 9s from a dealer just so I could try them before buying a second hand pair from elsewhere on purely ethical grounds. This will cost the dealer a fair amount with no hope of gain. Or do you mean to get the Beolab 9s from him?

Go for the BL9's. Simply the best loadspeaker for the money IMO. BL5 is another category of course, so is its price. 

The second life dealer will "trade" the BL8002 + BL2 for the BL9, but is of cause not able to pass me the BL9 for a weekend. He just gave me a call. He only will collect my speakers and put the 1 year old BL9 on the corner place.

Just stopped at the local B&O dealer. He is also interested in the deal. He will buy my speakers too and will sell me a brand new pair of BL9. I will have the possiblity to listen to the BL9 from the 25th to 28th of Febr.. In the past I did not have any problems regarding trading my used B&O stuff.

So I´m able to judge my current setup BL8002/BL2 against BL9. I just admired the red BL9 at the B&O shop. I`m looking forward to the test. I think the question would not be BL8002/Bl2 vs BL9. The million dollar question would be red BL9 vs black BL9.

I agree. . .it's not a matter of IF. . .it's a matter of what color. . 

you'll simply love having them . . .the music through the BL9 is substantially

better than your 8002/BL2 combo