Hi How are your BL8000 speakers connected to your beosound 9000. You should be using the powerlink leads. When you say digital output i believe the beosound 9000 only outputs in analogue via the following connectors: powerlink socket 1 Powerlink socket 2 Masterlink socket. 3.5mm Heaphone socket. Beolab 8000 have power modes. Standby (red LED) and on (green LED) In regards to beolab 8000 these have two possible inputs: Powerlink. Connecting with powerlink from beosound 9000 should turn the speakers on when the CD player is first turned on before the CD starts playing. Light on beolab speakers should be green (on) and sound should start as soon as cd starts playing. There signal wire in the powerlink cable that tells the speakers that then need to turn on (green led), this signal keeps the speakers on when the beosound 9000 is powered on. RCA / Phono in. if this is used there is circuitry inside the speaker that detects if signal is being received before the speaker is turned on and green light is displayed. Connecting using this method could cause delay in sound output when first playing on beosound 9000. When testing output from beosound 9000 please use cheap 3.5mm headphones plugged directly into headphone port on beosound 9000. This will remove the complication / possible issue with your headphone amp. Please review and test beosound 9000 with headphone to confirm audio output when CD / radio is playing. Confirm powerlink cables are being used on speakers and they turn on (green LED) when beosound 900 is powered on. Cofirm the fault is the player the issue or the speakers? Best Regards, Mike