Holo Red Streamer

Tim at Kitsune was very helpful via EMail.  He takes a few days to respond, but provides clear answers to concise questions.

Before you plug in the Red or turn it on put the supplied Micro SC card with Red OS on it in the unit connect all the cables and turn it on.  It will take a few minutes to boot up so be patient.  Next find the IP address given to it by your router and then type the IP address in your browser which will bring up the Red OS setup screen.  Do the setup and hit save in every section you change.  After the setup MConnect should find it as the Play To device. If you are only going to be using MConnect for Tidal then only have checked UPnP and Airplay.  Leave the other stuff like Roon, Tidal Connect, Spotify Connect, etc. unchecked. 

Jackd,

Thank you for the step-by-step directions. I will give it a go and report back. Cheers. Neal

I literally just finished hooking up the Red a couple of hours ago.  I ordered mine around the same time and it arrived today (NJ just outside of NYC).  Yes, it’s not clear at all how to set it up.  The manual is terrible. I’m upgrading from an iFi Zen Stream and I thought their manual was the worst until this one.  @jackd advice above should get you started.  My use case is a little different because I’m just using it as a Roon endpoint.  The silver lining to the confusing setup is that it is a remarkably good streamer.  I thought my Zen Stream was dialed in with an external LPS and really liked the sound. Then tonight I listened with the Red and everything was better.  I was never a big believer in the importance of the streamer/transport in a digital system. I thought the DAC was 80% of it.  I think I was wrong.  Let us know what you think once you have it connected.

There is a long Holo Red thread on the PS Audio forums under the network section, including some users with the PS Audio MK I DAC.  That might be really helpful for your setup.