
Switching between modes is intuitive thanks to vocal prompts each time you press the button. The left earcup sports a feature button pressing it cycles through ANC, Ambient, and off modes, while holding it down summons your phone's voice assistant. The case leaves the headband exposed, which is ordinarily something that we’d complain about, but it makes sense here, as it allows the headphones to charge while you protect the earcups. The headphones come with a thoughtfully designed case that uses a similar matte material. Available in matte black or gold, they have a pleasing minimalist aesthetic. You might expect solar-powered tech to be unwieldy and heavy (to us it conjures an image of ostentatious solar panels glued to a headband), but the Los Angeles headphones are quite stylish. Thanks to their combination of technological (not to mention eco-friendly) innovation and impressive audio performance, the Urbanista Los Angeles headphones also earn our Editors' Choice award, and we hope to see more products use this charging technology in the future. Luckily, the headphones deliver powerful audio with rich bass and sculpted highs, along with effective active noise cancellation (ANC) for the price. That alone is impressive enough to earn the headphones our TechX award, but of course, it wouldn't mean much if they didn't also sound good. We test our fair share of noise-cancelling headphones, but we’ve never come across a pair like the $199 Urbanista Los Angeles, which integrate a solar cell material called Powerfoyle to convert light into battery power.

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