Gold vs Silver vs White...

[Mr_Bill]

The guy who reviewed them is one of their reviewers who likes his equipment to add a lot of colour to the sound. Frequently he reviews highly coloured kit which he loves despite (or more probably, because) of its high level of distortion.

Just remember that you need the Dialog for the Phantoms to work in stereo. Also, some people have complained about bluetooth and wifi not always working flawlessly with the signal dropping. Could not get my two Silver's working properly until I went out and bought a PLC (Power Line Communication). About $100 here in Canada.

Once I hooked the Dialog up to the PLC, everything worked. I have never had a drop since.

The Dialog is likely not required when the new App comes out hopefully next month.  I have not had any problems with PLC (Phantoms, Dialog on same power board) nor wifi (very strong signal). Don't use Bluetooth.

Some say a pair of Reactor 900 are not much different in audio quality as a pair of Golds.

Interested in finding out more.  Can you please provide some links?  If that is the case, then OP's budget dilemma is solved.

Do a search on Dev Chat. A couple of members have commented on Gold vs Reactor and they are members that own both.