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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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richopp
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Well, for what it is worth, I built both a Dynaco tube amp (Stereo 70 as I remember) and a Hafler 500 at my desk in my shop in the 1970's.

I followed the directions and soldered a ton of wires in both kits.  Of course, the Hafler had several printed circuit boards as I remember.  (I still use it and it sounds fine.)

I don't remember if the Dynaco had one as well, but probably.  There are some things that are just easier with boards, I guess.

The Dynaco was fine for its day--pretty noisy on Stax Headphones.  The Hafler is a monster to this day.

Cheers!
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