[sdiy] Relays or reed switches for routing?

[cheater cheater]

Why would relays introduce distortion? Aren't they just a conductor
that gets mechanically moved back and forth. What's the nonlinearity?

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 2:10 PM Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 11:22:38AM +0200, cheater cheater wrote:
> > Why can I not use relays to switch audio? What's wrong with relays?
> >
> > BTW, I was thinking of acoustically dampening relays. EG use sound
> > proofing foam.
>
> They're electrically noisy as well as mechanically noisy.  They're unreliable when you use them for switching tiny currents.  They introduce a lot of distortion.
>
> Literally nothing sane uses relays in the audio path.
>
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> Gordonjcp
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