In the field of audio amplifiers, the prior art for high output power levels is now to use class D technology. In this technology, audio signals are converted into a pulsed signal.
An audio amplifier 1 is proposed, with a modulator section 4 for accepting an input signal and outputting two intermediate signals, wherein the modulator section 4 is designed to generate the intermediate signals by modulating the input signal, with an amplifier section 8 for accepting the two intermediate signals and outputting two amplified signals, wherein the amplifier section 8 is designed to generate the two amplified signals by amplifying the two intermediate signals, the amplifier section having two power stages 11;12, with an end section 21 for accepting the two amplified signals and for outputting an output signal for a loudspeaker device 2, wherein the audio amplifier 1 can be switched between parallel operation and bridge operation.