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AES48 , is there a test to determine?

I just got a Benchmark HPA4 preamp that I know adheres to the AES48 standard. It sits between my Schiit Yiggy dac and PS Audio M700 mono amps. All 3 components have XLR connections, but without contacting the companies, is there some type of easy test to find out if the other two are AES48?
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jetter
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Let me say in advance I have never used XLR cables.  Also, that I may not be correct in what I believe Ralph was saying.  But I thought he wrote awhile ago that in a true AES48 standard balanced application one XLR cable will sound identical as another.

Ralph, please feel free to correct me if I have mischaracterized what you were saying.
jetter
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@gdnrbob ,
Thanks for providing your experience using the XLR cables, very interesting and of course first hand knowledge is best. I’m still using all RCAs at this point.

It has always stuck in my brain that Ralph mentioned what we have been discussing.
George

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