Panasonic RZ-S500W NC vs Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016)

While the Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016) makes for a fairly good In-Ear Monitor for people with a $40 budget, we weren't able to find enough data on the Panasonic RZ-S500W NC to come to any reliable conclusions.

In either case, we suggest that you look at some other options at the $40 and $110 budget ranges before committing to one of these.

If you'd nonetheless like to learn more about the Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016) and Panasonic RZ-S500W NC, however, we wrote a summary of what we know about them:

Good Housekeeping, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016). In fact, it's "Ranked 3 out of 8" in its "We Listened for 500 Hours to Find the Best In-Ear Headphones" roundup, which points toward it being a good In-Ear Monitor.

Moving on to the Panasonic RZ-S500W NC: it was loved by reviewers at The Independent and creativebloq.com - two reliable sources that conduct objective in-depth testing. In fact, it was their "Best: Wireless earbuds for budget noise cancellation" and "Ranked 2 out of 12", respectively, pointing towards it being a In-Ear Monitor worth considering.

We conducted an analysis of all of the review data that we could find on these two products. First, we focused on sources that tested and rated both of them, like PCmag, and learned that they all showed a preference for the Panasonic RZ-S500W NC.

Then we took a look at the highest review scores that these two In-Ear Monitors received. We found that the Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016) managed to earn a rating of 8.4 from Runnerclick, whereas the Panasonic RZ-S500W NC got its highest, 10, score from reviewers at What Hi-Fi?.

Lastly, in order to better compare them to the rest of their competition, we averaged out their review scores. The Panasonic RZ-S500W NC managed to get 7.9 out of 10 - considerably better than the 7.7 review average of In-Ear Monitors in general - whereas the Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016) earned 7.7 points.

It should be said that doing a direct Skullcandy Ink'd Wireless (2016) vs. Panasonic RZ-S500W NC 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.