Hardwiring?

Has anyone hardwired their components from source to speakers doing away with separate cables? Seems to me that the mechanical connection between jacks and plugs could be more of a source of problems than all the talk found in the reams of paper and over the excessive bandwidth given to the conductor material, cable configuration and dielectric combined. Would this not be a way of simplifying the signal path? I guess an integrated amp gives one a leg up in that department.