Elia Piras went through extensive topology experiments to arrive at his final circuit and parts choices. His music background and that of his wife serve him well. He knows the sound of real instruments, particularly cello, piano and the human voice. While Marco Manunta might wire up a prototype circuit for a new Absoluta project, he'll call on Elia for the specific type capacitor to use (this happened during lunch one day). Depending on the circuit junction, Elia knows exactly what part will achieve the sonics he pursues.
The volume control is a high-quality dual-differential Alps unit. Circuit boards feature extra-thick traces. Even power supply fuse holders carry extra specifications while those in the signal path below are in another class altogether.

Elia is well aware of the bottle neck represented by most fuses. It's really no surprise then that Absoluta would have that topic properly covered too.

Here are matched Sanken bipolars mounted to their still protected heatsinks.

Transformer evaluation was extensive. The final choice outperformed Plitron and others and is encased in thick Mu metal, then potted in a red canister.

Circuit board traces exceed conventional thickness and extra attention was spent on optimizing the ground planes for lowest possible noise.

Sourcing the chunky knobs as designed was its own adventure but the outcome is truly luxurious.

The special touch are the ball bearings which convey ultra smooth operation with rock-solid reliability. Identifiers are of course laser-etched, not silk-screened.