JL Audio StowAway Single 12-Inch 4 Ohms Sealed Subwoofer System - 010-03588-00

JL Audio 93968 StowAway Single 12-Inch 4 Ohms Sealed Subwoofer System

Enclosed Subwoofer System with Single 12TW1-4 Subwoofer, Black Texture Finish (300 watts, 4 ohms)

StowAway™ subwoofer systems are engineered to deliver amazing subwoofer performance in challenging environments and applications.

Featuring a down-firing hard-shell design, StowAway subwoofers are well suited for mounting areas shared with cargo or exposed to the elements. Constructed from marine-grade materials, this low-profile enclosure design harnesses the incredible small box requirements of the TW1 subwoofer to generate smooth and powerful bass from a remarkably compact enclosure. Slotted mounting feet located at each corner of the enclosure’s base assist with “off-the-floor” installations or in tight spaces where access is limited.

The StowAway subwoofer system is prewired with selectable harness exits located underneath at opposite ends.

Key Features

Rock-Solid and Built for All-Weather Duty

• Rugged enclosure design is ideal for mounting areas that carry cargo and are exposed to the elements
• Constructed from marine-grade materials to exceed industry standards for salt fog and UV exposure

Maximum Fidelity and Installation Versatility

• Low-profile design delivers amazing subwoofer performance when there are conventional subwoofer installation limitations
• Down-firing TW1 drivers produce smooth, powerful and articulate bass
• Built-in slotted mounting feet for installations in tight spaces
• Prewired harness with selectable exits located underneath at opposite ends

Built in the U.S with Global Components

• Built at the JL Audio factory in Miramar, Florida

Features

• Dynamic Motor Analysis - DMA Optimized Motor
  Since 1997, JL Audio has been at the forefront of Finite Element Analysis-based modeling of loudspeaker motors and suspensions. This research is aimed at decoding what we refer to as the "Loudspeaker Genome"... a project aimed at understanding the true behavior of loudspeakers under power and in motion. A major component of this integrated system is DMA (Dynamic Motor Analysis). Starting with the 15W3 and the W7 Subwoofers in the late 1990's and early 2000's, DMA has played an important role in the design of all JL Audio woofers sold today, including our component woofers.
  DMA is a Finite Element Analysis (FEA)-based system, meaning that it takes a large, complex problem, breaks it down into small solution elements for analysis and then assembles the data to form an accurate, "big-picture" solution. DMA's breakthrough is that it actually considers the effects of power through the coil as well as coil/cone position within the framework of a time-domain analysis. This gives us a highly accurate model of a speaker's actual behavior under real power, something that the traditional Thiele-Small models or other low power measurements cannot do. Because DMA does not rely on a steady-state model, it is able to consider shifts in the circuit elements being analyzed. These modeling routines are intense, requiring hours to run for a whole speaker.
  DMA is able to analyze the real effects of fluctuating power and excursion upon the magnetic circuit of the motor, specifically the dynamic variations of the "fixed" magnetic field. This delivers intensely valuable information compared to traditional modeling, which assumes that the "fixed" field produced in the air gap by the magnet and the motor plates is unchanging. DMA not only shows that this "fixed" field changes in reaction to the magnetic field created by current flowing through the voice coil, but it helps our engineers arrive at motor solutions that minimize this instability. Analyzing this behavior is critical to understanding the distortion mechanisms of a speaker motor and sheds light on the aspects of motor design that determine truly linear behavior:
  • 1. Linear motor force over the speaker's operational excursion range
  • 2. Consistent motor force with both positive and negative current through the coil
  • 3. Consistent motor force at varying applied power levels
• Engineered Lead-Wire System (U.S. Patent #7,356,157)
  Managing the lead-wires on a long-excursion woofer is one of the trickier aspects of its mechanical design. To address this, many long-excursion woofers today rely on a simple solution that weaves the lead-wires into the spider (rear suspension) of the driver.
  The biggest problem with this approach is that spider limiting behavior plays a hugely important role a woofer's performance. Lead-wires that are attached or woven into the spider material can alter the spider's "stretching" behavior. The tinsel wire naturally has less 'give' than the fabric material of the spider leading to asymmetrical spider behavior and non-uniform stress distribution around the spider circumference. The wire attachment points can also cause localized pulling and tearing forces at the spider's excursion limits. As such, longevity becomes a major concern and makes the woven-in design less than ideal for very long-excursion designs.
  While a traditional 'flying lead' design does not compromise spider linearity or radial stability, it creates its own challenges on a long-excursion woofer. Managing the 'whipping' behavior of the wire and making sure it does not contact the cone or spider is one challenge. Another is ensuring that the leads do not short one another or the frame of the woofer.
  To overcome these issues, JL Audio's engineered flying lead-wires work in conjunction with carefully engineered entry and exit support structures molded into the terminals and the voice coil collar. Some models also feature jacketed lead-wires to further reduce the likelihood of shorting and fatigue. The result is flawless high-excursion lead-wire behavior, with outstanding reliability and none of the compromises inherent to a woven-in lead wire system. Building woofers this way requires much more labor and parts complexity than the simpler woven-in approach, but the payoff is in reduced distortion, reduced mechanical noise and improved reliability.
• Tab-Ear Frame Design
  By employing a tab-ear mounting system, the driver's overall outside dimensions are reduced, permitting it to be mounted in a space that is very similar to that required by the next smaller round woofer frame.
• Concentric Tube Suspension
  The biggest challenge in any low-profile woofer design is to create enough mechanical clearance for the speaker to generate enough excursion to meet its output and low-frequency extension goals. Since these goals were very ambitious in the development of JL Audio's low profile woofers, achieving them required development of a new suspension architecture.
  JL Audio's solution employs a molded structure which spans over the edge of the motor system, supporting the spider on the outside of the motor's boundaries and the large diameter voice coil on the inside. The large diameter voice coil permits the magnet to sit inside it, rather than surrounding the coil as is typical in most woofers.
  The concentric tube structure and the elimination of a conventional top-plate helps us place the motor system higher up into the cone body's space to further compress depth, while still permitting excellent mechanical excursion.
• Built in U.S.A. with Global Components
  At a time when most audio products are built overseas, JL Audio’s commitment to in-house loudspeaker production continues to grow. To pull this off in a competitive world market, our production engineering team has created one of the world’s most advanced loudspeaker assembly facilities and established a global network of quality component suppliers who build to our specifications. This, combined with our commitment to state-of-the-art assembly technology, allows our skilled workforce to efficiently build JL Audio products to extremely high quality standards, right here in the U.S.A.
  Since most of our premium loudspeakers incorporate proprietary, patented technologies requiring specific assembly techniques, we find it is vital that the people who designed them have close access to the people manufacturing them. The following JL Audio products are built in our Miramar, Florida factory, with global components:
  • Subwoofers: W7, W6v3, TW5v2, TW3, TW1, W3v3
  • Enclosed Car Subwoofers: Stealthbox®, PowerWedge™, ProWedge™, H.O. Wedge™ & MicroSub™ Enclosed Subwoofers
  • Marine Loudspeakers, Marine Subwoofers and Marine Enclosed Loudspeakers
  • Home Subwoofers: Dominion™, E-Sub, Fathom® and Gotham®

Footnotes:

• Note: Mounting hardware is not included with StowAway systems. The installation method and mounting hardware used will vary based on the requirements of your specific application. The final mounting method must affix the enclosure securely to prevent movement and vibration.