I’m living in front of a zoo. It is a great and funny experience. Because, you know, when you live in front of a zoo, you never feel alone. There’s always some living creature in front of you. There’s always something going on.

Sometimes the animals are just sleeping. Other times, they are content, and have a party. Other times they’re mad at each other. And make a decision to have a fight.

You never lose interest

I sort of know every one of them by their names. When I hear them I know who it is, and I do envision them taking positive steps. It is so funny!

Now, at some particular point, a new driveway was opened passing by the zoo. Suddenly it all became really loud, and the animals got really frightened.

I couldn’t even even recognize them any longer. They were always fighting each other all day 24×7, and even at night. What a bad dream.

It got so bad, that I could not even sleep anymore at night. I had to do something!

That’s when I got a concept. Music!

I went to a nearby store, and acquired 2 headphones for each one of those animal friends I had. You know, one of the best iPhone headphones that are available. Naturally, not just a pair of headphones, but also an iPod.

And then I went to the zoo, and put the headphones I bought right on the animals heads.

And.I was right. It was like switching from night to day. My animal chums really liked the music. And they stopped being twitchy immediately.

I had to speak with the director of the zoo, so that he would let the animals enjoy some music during the daytime. And that was enough. Each one of the zoo animals was so much more quiet and satisfied!

And even with the noise of the traffic that was round the animals remained quiet and ecstatic.

Talk about the power of music!

I felt a lot like being Dr. Dolittle. You know Dr Dolittle was a doctor that could talk to animals, and by doing this he was able to understand their problems, and eventually cure them.

I was doing something similar here. Music is a language, it’s no secret. Using the language of music, I was able to communicate with the creatures, and solve a problem they had. They’re happier now and live a better life.

What type of music did they like?

Mozart naturally. The Mozart classical music made all of the animals so quiet, that they looked like they were dancing all of the time. It was even funnier than usual. To see all these animals move around, electrified by the sweet tunes of Mozart.

You could see the different feelings that the animals, inspired, were feeling. A few looked like they were feeling heroic. A few were even feeling inspired.

And here is the setup

What type of headphones could I use? Surely not a regular set of earphones. It’s very difficult to have some wild animal wear a couple of headphones already. And if they’re to dangle from the ears, then it’s close to impossible.

What I did was to get nice pair of Motorola S9. They are in-ear, but they are built with a neckband, that allows the earpieces to stay in place.

The headphones needed to be wireless, otherwise the creature wouldn’t be able to roam around. The Motorola S9 do offer Bluetooth functionality, so I could easily set them up, and connect with my iPod.

Finally, I made this beautiful and easy music system where the animals could move about and listen to music from the iPod that was placed on the edge of the cage.

Mark Sounding is a busy 1 with a tick for his Apple iPhone. He maintains a website called iPhone Headphones Review, where he posted articles such as his Klipsch S4i review and his Shure SE535 review.

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