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Does natural amplification TRULY exist in acoustics or does it have to be turned into an electrical signal first?

Adding on PiedPiper's answer, energy must be conserved. Acoustic "amplification" is, as already stated, focusing the energy in one direction but also (the point of this answer) to do ...
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Does natural amplification TRULY exist in acoustics or does it have to be turned into an electrical signal first?

According to the law of conservation of energy you can't amplify sound without an energy input. What you can do is concentrate the sound locally in one direction using a megaphone at the cost of ...
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Does natural amplification TRULY exist in acoustics or does it have to be turned into an electrical signal first?

Most string instruments include a natural amplifier. As one example, the sound-board of a piano amplifies the sound of the string, which would be quite soft otherwise.
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Guitar Cabinet volume low

You need an amplifier with speaker output from the power amp. The Harley Benton is a 60 watt cabinet. Your Katana & GX won't be outputting more than about a watt, if that. The Katana looks like it ...
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Guitar Cabinet volume low

Am I misunderstanding how i can use this guitar cabinet [...]? Yes. It needs a "power amplifier" to drive it. Probably of the order of at least a Watt (typical guitar amplifiers are 5W - ...
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