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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
invalid
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You can spend well into six figures for an Audio Note amp, and it utilizes printed circuit boards. I don't think this was done to cut cost, as nothing else in their designs suggest a cost-cutting mentality. These amps sound fantastic.


Even the most expensive equipment uses cost cutting measures.
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three_easy_payments
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Totally agree with @larryi and @invalid’s comments. Being hyperfocused on P2P vs PCB is not where I’d be directing the majority of my effort when considering a new component. It’s all about the design and execution, synergy with your other components, and your listening priorities.
gmercer OP
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Respectfully, with this Question/thread I was hoping to find out whether P2P can be done with solid state, and if so, whether anyone out there is doing it. I am not "hyperfocused" on it, beyond being generally curious enough to pose this question.

Sounds like P2P cannot really be done with solid state, if any of the engineers around here know why I'd be very curious to hear, and as a result no companies are doing it.
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atmasphere
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The issue is stray capacitance. In solid state amps this is far less of an issue with solid state since the impedances are so much lower. As a consequence there's no advantage to hand wiring a solid state amp other than not spending the time and money to design and fabricate the circuit boards.
czarivey
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looks like P2P and PIA are synonyms. 
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