JL Audio 13TW5-3 User Manual
13TW5-3
Subwoofers
owner’s manual
Congratulations on your purchase of a JL Audio subwoofer component. Your JL Audio subwoofer
is a precision loudspeaker which has been engineered to produce the highest quality sub-bass
performance in your vehicle. Authorized JL Audio dealers have extensive technical information
for many different applications of your new speaker. They also have the knowledge, skills and tools
to build a high-quality enclosure that will maximize the performance of your speaker. We highly
recommend that you have your enclosure built by an authorized JL Audio dealer.
Inside you will find specifications for a recommended sealed enclosure for your subwoofer.
Ported enclosure designs are not recommended.
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JL AUDIO 13TW5-3
U.S. PATENTS: #5,734,734 #6 ,095,280 #6,501,844 O ther U.S. & Foreign patent s pending.
13TW5-3 SUBWOOFER PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Nominal Diameter:
Overall Major Diameter (A1):
Overall Minor Diameter (A2):
Mounting Hole Diameter (B):
Bolt Hole Circle (C):
Magnet Diameter (D):
Mounting Depth (E):
Net Weight:
Driver Displacement:
13.5 in.
343 mm
14.2 in. / 361 mm
13.0 in. / 330 mm
12.5 in.
318 mm
13.5 in.
343 mm
6.75 in.
171 mm
2.54 in.
65 mm
18.6 lbs
8.4 kg
0.052 ft
1.47 litres
SUBWOOFER 13TW5-3
Free Air Resonance (Fs): 27.52 Hz
Electrical “Q” (Qes): 0.511
Mechanical “Q” (Qms): 11.230
Total Speaker “Q” (Qts): 0.489
Equivalent Compliance (Vas):
One-way, Linear Excursion (Xmax)*:
Efficiency (1W/1m)**: 85.87 dB SPL
Effective Piston Area (Sd):
DC Resistance (Re): 2.793 ohm
Nominal Impedance: 3 ohm
Power Handling (continuous): 600W
* Xmax specifications are derived via one-way voice coil overhang method
with no correction factors applied.
** Efficiency (1W/1m) is not an accurate indicator of a subwoofer’s output
capability and should not be used as a comparison to other subwoofers to
determine which one is “louder” !
2.10 ft
59.47 litres
0.383 in.
9.7 mm
98.256 in
0.0634 m
2 JL AUDIO 13WTW5-3
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