Panasonic ErgoFit In-Ears vs Klipsch T5

The Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) is a great Canal Earphone for its $10 asking price.

The Klipsch T5 True Wireless, however, is merely passable at its $69 price point. If you're considering buying a Canal Earphone in the $80 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

The Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) has managed to do great in various roundups conducted by reviewers from highly trusted sources that perform objective in-depth testing, like CNET, Rtings, SoundGuys, and Tom's Guide - it was dubbed "Best wired earbuds under $10" by CNET, "Cheapest Earbuds With Decent Performance" by Rtings, and "Bang for your Buck" by SoundGuys. Any product that's held in such high regard by some of the most reliable sources should be considered by everyone who's looking for a Canal Earphone at this price.

Moving on to the Klipsch T5 True Wireless: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Techradar, hardwarezone.com.sg, What Hi-Fi?, TrustedReviews, PCmag, CNET, Rtings, and Tom's Guide, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Canal Earphones. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Rtings favored the Klipsch T5 True Wireless over the Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013), whereas reviewers at CNET haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) was best received by CNET - it gave it a score of 8, whereas the Klipsch T5 True Wireless got its highest score of 9 from reviewers at Techradar.

Lastly, in order to better compare them to the rest of their competition, we averaged out their review scores. The Klipsch T5 True Wireless managed to get 7.9 out of 10 - considerably better than the 7.4 review average of Canal Earphones in general - whereas the Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) earned 7.2 points.

It should be said that doing a direct Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) vs. Klipsch T5 True Wireless comparison might not be entirely fair due to the difference in their prices - some sources don't put much weight on value for money and thus tend to give better review scores to more expensive products.