A loudspeaker comprising: (a) a sealed enclosure; (b) a sound panel mechanically connected to the sealed enclosure; (c) a voice coil actuator operable to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy for movement of the sound panel, wherein (i) the voice coil actuator comprises a plurality of voice coil segments; (d) one or more amplifiers, wherein each voice coil segment in the plurality of voice coil segments is operatively connected to an amplifier of said one or more amplifiers for applying segment current to the voice coil segment; and (e) a position sensor that senses the position of one or more of the sound panel and the voice coil actuator, wherein (i) the segment current applied to each voice coil segment is independently controlled by the amplifier operatively connected thereto based upon the position sensed by the position sensor; (f) one or more stationary magnets that define one or more stationary magnet gaps, wherein (i) the plurality of voice coil segments comprises i number of voice coil segments; (ii) the voice coil actuator is operable to move the voice coil segments to change fractional portions of the voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps, wherein the fractional portions for the i number of voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps are voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i, respectively, and each of voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i is between 0 to 1, inclusive; and (iii) the segment currents applied to the voice coil segments are operatively controlled by the one or more amplifiers based upon the voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i at the position sensed by the position sensor, wherein the segment currents applied to each of the voice coil segments 1 through i are, respectively, i j with i j = Kx j / ∑ k = 1 i x k 2 ± 10 %; K is based upon a magnetic force to be created by the voice coil segments; and j is an integer from 1 to i. (a) a sealed enclosure; (b) a sound panel mechanically connected to the sealed enclosure; (c) a voice coil actuator operable to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy for movement of the sound panel, wherein (i) the voice coil actuator comprises a plurality of voice coil segments; (i) the voice coil actuator comprises a plurality of voice coil segments; (d) one or more amplifiers, wherein each voice coil segment in the plurality of voice coil segments is operatively connected to an amplifier of said one or more amplifiers for applying segment current to the voice coil segment; and (e) a position sensor that senses the position of one or more of the sound panel and the voice coil actuator, wherein (i) the segment current applied to each voice coil segment is independently controlled by the amplifier operatively connected thereto based upon the position sensed by the position sensor; (i) the segment current applied to each voice coil segment is independently controlled by the amplifier operatively connected thereto based upon the position sensed by the position sensor; (f) one or more stationary magnets that define one or more stationary magnet gaps, wherein (i) the plurality of voice coil segments comprises i number of voice coil segments; (ii) the voice coil actuator is operable to move the voice coil segments to change fractional portions of the voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps, wherein the fractional portions for the i number of voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps are voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i, respectively, and each of voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i is between 0 to 1, inclusive; and (iii) the segment currents applied to the voice coil segments are operatively controlled by the one or more amplifiers based upon the voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i at the position sensed by the position sensor, wherein the segment currents applied to each of the voice coil segments 1 through i are, respectively, i j with i j = Kx j / ∑ k = 1 i x k 2 ± 10 %; K is based upon a magnetic force to be created by the voice coil segments; and j is an integer from 1 to i. (i) the plurality of voice coil segments comprises i number of voice coil segments; (ii) the voice coil actuator is operable to move the voice coil segments to change fractional portions of the voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps, wherein the fractional portions for the i number of voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps are voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i, respectively, and each of voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i is between 0 to 1, inclusive; and the fractional portions for the i number of voice coil segments within the one or more stationary magnet gaps are voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i, respectively, and each of voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i is between 0 to 1, inclusive; and (iii) the segment currents applied to the voice coil segments are operatively controlled by the one or more amplifiers based upon the voice coil segment fractions x 1 though x i at the position sensed by the position sensor, wherein the segment currents applied to each of the voice coil segments 1 through i are, respectively, i j with i j = Kx j / ∑ k = 1 i x k 2 ± 10 %; K is based upon a magnetic force to be created by the voice coil segments; and j is an integer from 1 to i. the segment currents applied to each of the voice coil segments 1 through i are, respectively, i j with i j = Kx j / ∑ k = 1 i x k 2 ± 10 %; K is based upon a magnetic force to be created by the voice coil segments; and j is an integer from 1 to i.