Must XLR pin configurations match?


I will be connecting my SACDP to an integrated amp using balanced IC's. The SACDP uses the US standard with pin 2- while the amp employs the European standard with pin 2+. Must I find XLR ICs with internally crossed wires for pins 2&3 or will standard balanced interconnects work? Can I easily make the change myself? If not, are these IC's commonly stocked by vendors? Thanks.
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Showing 2 responses by edesilva

As an alternative, if you don't want to mess with the resale value of your cable, you could simply swap the speaker terminal wires and restore absolute polarity. Just take speaker wire + and attach it to the speaker terminal -, and vice-versa. A lot of preamps also have a polarity switch on them.