Proving the Impossible

Carrying Voices SOLVED!

This is one challenge that screams for a switch; the trick is how to do it and do it effectively. What made this challenge interesting was that there are a lot of things here that could be switched -- the recorders, the labels, the signatures, and the voices -- and the solutions covered those items. Just to give you an idea of how folks were thinking, there are sleight-based switches of the recorders, interesting ideas for switching the labels, a very nice idea using a store-bought gimmick, a technological solution or two, and a particularly gutsy method relying solely on misdirection.

That last, the option chosen by Bill Eburn, seemed so obvious it appeared unworkable. I'll admit I was suprised, pleasantly so, when it did. Bill, it seems, knows more about the quality of digital recorders than I do and his solution ends up being straightforward and clean... if you have the intestinal fortitude to pull it off.

So this time around Bill Eburn wins the prize of a $20 Store Credit from The Trickery. Congratulations, Bill!

Here is the winning solution as well as the "More Than Honorable Mentions". Congratulations to everyone who found a solution to this challenge!

Winner
Bill Eburn

More Than Honorable Mentions
Yuichi Morita
Jonathan Low
Larry Quinn
Jason Cardwell
Alan Rorrison
Derek Lee

Congratulations to everyone who found a solution to this problem! Now, of course, the next challenge awaits!

Shane