I have the pulse elites and have had no issues, but I have read a lot of complaints with them breaking easily. The Gold have a longer battery life and are not so easily broken, but they don't have the bass impact slide bar that the elites have. Don't confuse the bass slide bar with bass sound, both headsets have bass, but the elites have a rumble feature similar to what's in the controller, I personally find it too loud and annoying so I usually have it off. The gold has a companion app that allows you to select from the presets and create your own EQ, and both are reasonably priced. If I were to buy again I'd probably go with the Gold for the longer battery life. As for the Trittons I have no clue :)