Turtle Beaches are the biggest wastes of money ever compressed into an xbox accessory. Do you really suck that bad that you need to rely on a headset to make you do better? If you are good at the game they don't even matter.
Not really, people don't only buy them to play better. People buy them because if you have parents you can play with no sound. You can hear voices better, My hearing isn't great so that feature was really helpful for me. While a lot of people buy them to hear footsteps, they also immerse you into the game. To me it sounds like your mad because you can't afford them. Also, if you are already good at a game or even if your not they will make you play better.
And you should definitely go with the x41's. I've had them and they are pretty good. I think they are the best TB's out there but I could be wrong. There quality is great, both sound and voice. But if you are going to spend the money on the x41's, just get Astros they are much better and cooler looking.