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"Loud speaker" surprises me. Are you sure they don't use semiconductors for amplification?

Speakers? Definitely not. The amplifier will, but not the loudspeakers. That's basically a magnet, a coil, and a paper cone.

And, as someone mentioned above, usually a RLC filter

Cheap loudspeaker products, like [1] often have built-in amplifiers.