[quote author="Ptownkid"] it's just more reliable [/quote]
:?:
Just curious, how do you mean this ?
Groundplane important for HF-stuff, but for audio in a decently shielded metal box it could needlessly add parasitics. Might not matter much (or anything at all), but might do so for certain Hi-Z nodes. As always, it depends.
Cheers,
Peter