Right, so I have come to the end of my internet research, these are my findings from sifting through many threads.
I have found that the little dot mkiv, bottlehead crack and g1217 project ember are all on about the same playing field, with each having their own strengths and weaknesses,
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The speedballed crack is said to destroy all offerings under 1000USD, and is also better value for money then any of the other options.
the DV336se is on the same playing field as the Little Dot mkiii, the mkiii is close to (but still behind) the performance of the mkiv.
DV332 is better then DV336se but not as good as base crack.
DV is warmer but also grainier then Crack
LF339 is great if you can afford 4 tubes and over $700+postage, better then speedballed crack in some areas, but the crack still had overall advantage.
G1217 ember ii is said to be (in areas) better then schiit lyr2, and ember is defiantly better value for money.
if you live in the far away form america or the EU, postage kind of offsets the value/performance ratio of the crack, so where I live (new Zealand) the LD MKIV or the G1217 Project ember are the amps to look at. but if you can spare $75 for postage I would heavily consider the Speedballed crack.
Feliks espressivo is a good amp coming in at the same price as the LD mkiv, but I have seen no A+Bs of the two or any other amp, but imo the feliks looks better.
So guys, after all of this, I must disappoint you and say I am probably go for the G1217 project POLARIS as i have decided I am too poor for tubes and I would become addicted to rolling and modding so it's solid state for me. self-restraint is only possible with major $$$ such as whole amps. so the $200 and some for the polaris seems like a good bet to me.
Maybe I will come back to tubes later in life. or maybe I wont buy the polaris right now.. but I doubt that second option.
Thanks for any attention and I hope I have helped others out there on thier quest to valve valhalla.
Edited by srvvzr - 11/26/16 at 7:17pm