Point to point wiring.


Why some of manufacturers claim "point to point" wiring as an advantage? Why is this often highlighted as something special?
It really doesn't make any sense to me, I see this more as disadvantage.
Your opinion please.
miler
Point-to-point wiring (1) eliminates the sonic signature of a circuit board (copper embedded in a dialectric or varying quality, teflon being the best but most expensive alternative) and (2) can use higher quality wiring than the copper traces of a circuit board (e.g., silver in teflon, cryo treated, directionally installed). When both are well executed, the point-to-point wiring will typically have superior sound quality. That being said, their are some extremely high quality, SOTA, components that use circuit boards. The cost of labor in point-to-point wiring will add dramatically to the cost-to-manufacture of the component.
While not disagreeing with Rushton's comments, you should not conclude that point to point is inherently superior to circuit board based designs. Each accomplishes the same goal and you would have to look at the overall circuit design to infer which method is "better" for that specific application. This is particularly true when you factor in issues such as circuit complexity, reliability, ease of repair and ability to upgrade.
The other advantage is that each device that consumes power has a direct path back to the power supply and therefore the differences that can occur when all the devices are trying to draw power from a common distributed supply are eliminated - theoretically making each perform more identically. It is an indication of extreme attention to detail.