JL Audio 13TW5v2-2, 13TW5v2-4 Owner's Manual

13TW5v2-2 / 13TW5v2-4

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.

2 JL AUDIO 13WTW5v2-2 / 13WTW5v2-4

SUBWOOFER 13TW5v2-2 13TW5v2-4

Free Air Resonance (Fs): 25.95 Hz 27.61 Hz

Electrical “Q” (Qes): 0.501 0.553

Mechanical “Q” (Qms): 10.648 10.692

Total Speaker “Q” (Qts): 0.479 0.526

Equivalent Compliance (Vas):

2.26 ft

3

64.00 litres

2.13 ft

3

60.31 litres

One-way, Linear Excursion (Xmax)*:

0.433 in.

11.0 mm

0.433 in.

11.0 mm

Efficiency (1W/1m)**: 85.51 dB SPL 85.63 dB SPL

Effective Piston Area (Sd):

98.256 in

2

0.0634 m

2

98.256 in

2

0.0634 m

2

DC Resistance (Re): 2.100 ohm 3.513 ohm

Nominal Impedance: 2 ohm 4 ohm

Power Handling (continuous): 600W 600W

* Xmax specifications are derived via one-way voice coil overhang method with no correction

factors applied.

** Eff iciency (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”!

13TW5v2 SUBWOOFER PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Nominal Diameter:

13.5 in.
343 mm

Overall Major Diameter (A1):
Overall Minor Diameter (A2):

14.2 in. / 361 mm

13.0 in. / 330 mm

Mounting Hole Diameter (B):

12.5 in.
318 mm

Bolt Hole Circle (C):

13.5 in.
343 mm

Magnet Diameter (D):

6.75 in.
171 mm

Mounting Depth (E):

2.625 in.
67 mm

Net Weight:

20.5 lbs

9.3 kg

Driver Displacement:

0.052 ft

1.47 litres

A1

A2

C D

B

E

JL AUDIO 13TW5v2-2 / 13TW5v2-4

U.S. PATENTS: #5,734,734 #6 ,095,280 #6,501,844 O ther U.S. & Foreign patent s pending.