Panasonic ErgoFit In-Ears vs Sony WF-SP700N

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

The Sony WF-SP700N, however, is merely passable at its $79 price point. If you're considering buying a Canal Earphone in the $75 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

The Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) has done great in quite a few roundups from some of the most highly trusted sources available, such as CNET, Rtings, SoundGuys, and Tom's Guide, which perform high-quality in-depth testing. It got awarded the "Best wired earbuds under $10" title by CNET, "Cheapest Earbuds With Decent Performance" by Rtings, and "Bang for your Buck" by SoundGuys in their respective roundups. Earning that much praise from such respected sources is undoubtedly an impressive accomplishment.

Moving on to the Sony WF-SP700N: 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 Head-fi, Rtings, CNET, SoundGuys, The Verge, Techradar, Tom's Guide, and PCmag, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Finally, we compared them to other Canal Earphones on the market and found that the two of them got reviewed similarly to the majority of their competitors. The overall average review score for Canal Earphones in general is 7.4 out of 10, whereas the Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) and Sony WF-SP700N managed averages of 7.2 and 6.7 points, respectively.

It should be noted that it might not be entirely fair to do a direct Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120 (2013) vs. Sony WF-SP700N comparison due to the difference in their pricing; some sources have a tendency to review more premium products better than more affordable ones.