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Point to Point vs Circuit Board

I just read this about point to point wiring:

First, there’s the music’s signal. You spend a lot of money on interconnects. So why have the signal go right from the RCA jacks or speaker terminals into circuit boards with copper traces so thin you can hardly see them? What’s high-end about that?


I've now heard about point to point wiring in the case of tube amp companies (Jadis, PrimaLuna) and my question is does point to point wiring exist for solid state amps? When I look at images inside amps online all solid state amps seem to use circuit boards. Is there such thing as a point to point transistor amp or must they necessarily have circuit boards? If so, which companies?

Thanks

gmercer

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In truth as the military has been doing for years thick trace double sided 
2 to 4 ok Copper boards with gold or Silver coatings . Are far more 
accurate then point to point,much better conductors ,far less solder which is BTW only 4-5% silver ,the rest just tin, lead a Quality board it’s far more consistent ,no matter 
what anyone said it is a fact, as long as the circuit boards are quality ,which a good company will use,now there are Ceramic boards with thick Copper traces ,that are what is by far the best ,and lowest in noise currently out there . With a Solid state amp 
far too many parts ,time consuming ,and not as good ,point to point is mainly done in China ,No Thanks .
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