looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range

I have the CODA CSiB from 2018 (used). It does not have the FET from the #8. However, this thing is amazing. It cost me 1/2 the price of the new 2021 version. I am really shocked at how amazing this unit is. The 2021 is supposed to be better but imagine it is an evolutionary improvement rather than a revolutionary one.

It is as good as the Mark Levinson 585 intragrated which was the best $12K and under integrated I had heard before the CODA. I have heard a few good ones before.

A second hand Pass Labs INT250.  Nothing else will come even close.

Having just spent a goodly amount of money on Pass gear, gonna be tough (impossible) to find an INT250 in the 6k realm. INT60 6.5ish, but not a 250. Still, you are correct. Great amp.

+1 for Hegel H390. It has a very good DAC onboard as an added bonus.

Here's a tidbit I found out from Luxman America regarding the L-509X...it's a hybrid Class A,A/B doing the first 6 watts (8 ohms) as Class A.

From an email reply I got from Luxman:
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...the Luxman L-509x is an excellent amplifier. It is considered “top of the line” and most recently introduced Luxman integrated amplifier model. It features circuit and construction details/refinements not present in (earlier introduced) the L-550aXII and L-590aXII. 

L-509x is biased such that the class-A operational envelop approaches 6 watts/channel into an 8 ohms resistive load. At lower (or higher impedances) class-A operation transitions to class AB at lower output. (i.e. near 3 watts/4 ohms resistive load)

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Who would've thunk that?