Draft:Blueprint Acoustics
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Zel Velican |
| Headquarters | Melbourne , Australia |
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| Website | bluacs |
Bluacs (also Blueprint Acoustics Pty Ltd) is an audio research and development company specialising in loudspeaker system design.[1] Bluacs was founded in Melbourne, Australia, and operates facilities in Billdal, Sweden.[1]
History
[edit]Bluacs was founded in 2009 by Zeljko (Zel) Velican following earlier work on low-frequency speaker systems with Whise Acoustics, with designs licensed to Alpine Electronics’ UK operations for use in vehicles including the Volvo V70 and Jaguar XJ.[1]
Bluacs was established as a research and development company focused on intellectual property management and the licensing of audio technologies across automotive, consumer and professional applications.[1]
The Fresh Air Speaker technology was first licensed to Alpine Electronics in 2011.[1]
In 2015, a patent for a loudspeaker assembly and system invented by Zel Velican on behalf of Blueprint Acoustics was featured in Voice Coil magazine's Acoustic Patents column.[2]
In 2016, the system was reported to be installed in models including the Volvo XC90 and S90, Land Rover Discovery and Honda Pilot.[1]
In 2025, Bluacs joined the Audio Foundry collaborative platform and licensed its Fresh Air Speaker technology to Tymphany.[3]
Technology
[edit]Fresh Air Speaker®
[edit]The Fresh Air Speaker (FAS) is an automotive subwoofer design that uses the vehicle body and cabin volume as part of the acoustic enclosure rather than relying on a conventional boxed subwoofer design.[4]
Coverage of Volvo’s 2011 Concept You vehicle in What Hi-Fi? described the system as interacting with the surrounding air via the car's boundary, effectively allowing the atmosphere to function as an external enclosure.[5]
A 2021 audioXpress analysis characterised the design as trading conventional bandpass enclosure function for low-frequency performance, noting that the approach could reduce enclosure size by as much as 80 percent compared with traditional subwoofer systems.[6]
A 2025 feature in StereoNET described the implementation as a bandpass system mounted within the vehicle structure that uses the car body as an infinite baffle, and noted that Bluacs operates primarily as a business-to-business technology licensor rather than a consumer speaker manufacturer.[4]
At CES 2026, MotorTrend reported on Bluacs’ collaboration with Tymphany and Audio Foundry on firewall-mounted and headrest-based applications of the technology.[7]
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[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blueprint Acoustics on next generation audio solutions". Just Auto. 2016-09-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Croft, James (2015-04-22). "Voice Coil - May 2015". audioXpress.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Martins, Joao (2026-02-02). "Bluacs Joins Audio Foundry and Licenses Its Fresh Air Technology to Tymphany". audioXpress.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Rayner, Adam (2025-10-02). "Inside Track: Bluacs, a New Low in Car Subs". stereonet.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Everard, Andrew (2011-09-13). "Volvo and Alpine find another way for audio technology to give you more MPG". What Hi-Fi?.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Shivley, Roger (2021-07-08). "Automotive Audio Solutions - The Changing Automotive Environment in 2021". audioXpress.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Markus, Frank (2026-01-13). "Cool Car Audio that Doesn't Need Big Speakers or Big Budgets". MotorTrend.
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