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
I think this is not cut and dried. I feel that you can have poor point to point wiring and great circuit boards and vice versa. In point to point, what is the quality of the wire? What kind of solder is used? How well has the soldering been done? In circuit boards, what is the quality of the boards, the design, the composition of the traces? I think an example of a good circuit board amp would be a Raven Audio Avian Series tube amp. Good point to point wiring: PrimaLuna?
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 .
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!
Fact is most products are a compromise. Some gold platers sound half as good as they should due to designers lack of understanding of / effort at selecting and tuning components for a circuit

The distinctions go much finer than PCB or P2P. FRP, ceramic, bakelite / platings, thickness, routing / solid, stranded, silicone, PVC, teflon, silver, copper / SMT or PTH ad infinitum all have an effect both on cost and sonics. There is never a free lunch.

Like anything, there are biases and prejudices in audio design. Take 10 great sounding amps and 10 highly skilled designers. Rotate the amps through the designers and you will have 100 new amplifiers. Some improved, some not... all of which will depend on the rest of the system used to evaluate the design. Nothing is designed in isolation.