About Us
KitsuneHIFI – is here to deliver you the best hand picked audio gear, supplies and components for the Do It Yourselfer kind of person. Our goal is to provide both a superior customer experience and tremendous value for our customers. We want to continuously improve our selection of products and would love to hear any suggestions you have so we can offer more to our customers.
HoloAudio USA – We, KitsuneHifi, are the official source for HoloAudio products in the USA and are very proud to provide you these incredibly unique high performance audio HiFi products. We are known for the world’s first discrete R2R linear compensated DAC. Spring is a NOS dac that also does OS. It supports up to DSD512native and is purely processed by it’s dedicated linear compensated resistor network via HDMI i2s or USB input. Holo Audio / Holo Audio USA has authorized KitsuneHifi to research, develop, brand and market it’s high performance tuned line of products.
Tim Connor has many years of experience in the Audio Industry and is passionate about just enjoying the music. He strives to exceed your expectations by helping you choose the right products that fit best for your needs. Please contact him with any questions you may have. His wife, Dawn Connor, is also very passionate about music, and sang in Choir for many years. She enjoys learning about and working on electronics, (including past experience with guitar equipment) audio grade, and higher specification, wiring and the founder of KitsuneHifi.
About the Name
Kitsuné are kami, or the Japanese spirit like entity of Shinto, they are a vital creative force, unlike western civilizations are not transcended and can often interact with humans. Anything which seemed strikingly impressive, possessed the quality of excellence or inspired a feeling of awe was called kami in ancient times.
The true origin of the word and creature that is kitsuné has many versions. The zenko (善狐 good foxes), also known as Inari foxes or Inari Ōkami 稲荷大神 Oinari, are benevolent, celestial foxes. As opposed to the yako ( 野狐 literally field foxes) also known as nogitsune, are often seen as mischievous or even malicious.
The inspiration of KitsunéHiFi is that of the zenko 善狐, Japanese fox kami, Kitsuné, historically were a symbol of Inari the patron of swordsmiths and merchants. Kitsuné may have the power to produce lightening (or sometimes fire), kitsunébi, from their mouths or tails. The more tails the older, wiser and more powerful. Kitsuné may have started out as a messenger of Inari. Inari is seen as a kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto. Inari was also the patron of swordsmiths and merchants.
As in many cultures around the world, rice is seen as a staple of life, kitsuné/foxes were originally Inari’s messengers and may possess the ability to generate lightning (electricity) from their mouths or tails.
In the world of audio equipment, wires are the staple of life as they are required to transfer electricity, the more strands the better conductivity and electricity transferred more efficiently. As with a wise kitsuné, the more skilled and knowledgeable the craftsman the better the end result.
At KitsunéHiFi we’re always searching for the mythical creature… the awe inspiring equipment of legends.
The kitsuné logo was inspired by a few things, a bedside lamp with a cute little fox, the fox-spirit from Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) (which Dawn kept calling a kitsuné), and our pup which looks a lot like a little fox and credited in part to the Kitsuné head logo
Tim & Dawn Connor – HoloAudioUSA and KitsuneHiFi
We operate under strict business ethics and principle values. Our company motto we are always proud to mention to our customers, “Time will tell…” and this means that our products will earn the respect in a matter of time once people get their chance to test it themselves.
Many companies need fancy buzz words and marketing to sell their products, we truly only need our customers to try our products and share their experience with others.
Word of mouth is how our business thrives and we have many happy customers! We encourage others to try all the competition in the market and directly compare and see what type of value you are receiving.
We are confident in our products and know that in time, our products will sell themselves once people get a chance to try them. We offer tremendous value and quality without sacrificing on performance.
Jeff Zhu – HoloAudio – founder/engineer
Jeff Zhu is the man behind this engineering achievement. Below are some comments that have been shared by Jeff to better explain this dac in his own words. Holo Audio is founded by Jeff Zhu and the USA division was a partnership formed with Tim Connor and his wife, Dawn Connor.
