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Class-T amplifier

A class-T amplifier is like a big speaker for music or sounds that can make things sound louder and clearer. Unlike other big speakers, a class-T amplifier has a way of using less energy to make things sound louder.

To understand this, imagine that you are trying to fill a bucket with water using a big hose. If you turn on the hose really high, water will start filling up in the bucket quickly but a lot of the water will miss the bucket and go everywhere else. This is like a regular amplifier that uses a lot of energy to make sounds play louder but it's not very efficient.

Now, instead of using a big hose, imagine using a smaller hose that is more focused in one direction. If you aim that hose into the bucket, it can fill it up with water quickly even though the hose itself is smaller. This is similar to how a class-T amplifier works. It uses a type of technology called pulse width modulation to focus the energy into the sound that it's making, so it can use less power but still make things sound loud and clear.

So basically, a class-T amplifier is a special type of big speaker that can make things sound louder but uses less energy than regular amplifiers to do it.