Balanced Connections on the AA Capitole MKII CDP

One more question: Is the Capitole MKII using a truly balance circuit?

I was told that it is truly balanced...however I've read a post here somewhere stating that a Cap user has used both and they had similar gain from single ended as balanced so I can't say I'm sure.

balanced output is wired to European standards so pin #2 is wired as hot. Opposite the American balanced standard where pin #1 is wired as hot. Seems to my ears both balanced and RCA output are the same volume output levels.

Mejames, if I wanted to run balanced from the AA Capitole II to a US made amp you're saying I would have to have the cable custom made so the hot wire would run from pin #2 to pin #1? Am I correct in my assumption?

Mejames:
You are totally wrong!!!!
Most of European and American products are pin#2 positive.
Only Japaness and a few western products are pin#3 positive(like Jeff Rowland).Just go with the balanced, rewireing is not necessary.

I am using XLR balanced(from a cap. II) into a BAT VK-500 with out any issues- fwiw.

XLO ELECTRIC normally wires all XLR balanced cables with pin #1 wired as hot[+]. They always ask how you want it wired for your application. Read older thread here about the Capitol Mark 1 is wired with pin #2 as hot. Emailed globe audio the importer to confirm this as fact never received a reply. my Interconnects wired with pan #2 hot on the sending end only is working fine with my Rowland amplifier currently?

There is something confusing about that cabling problem.
My capitole mk2 works fine with a standard XLR to XLR Cardas cable connected to a krell KRC3 preamp.

But when I connect it directly to my power amps using my usual mixed XLR/Cinch cable I only get a "psshhhhh..." and , well... nothing else.
Well the same cable works perfectly between krc3 preamp and the power amplifiers. So something must be peculiar with the capitole XLR output.