XLR Pin Vocabulary


Some manufacturers describe XLR pin polarity in a vocabulary of ground, non-inverting, and inverting. Others use a different vocabulary, ground, negative, positive. How does one translate into the other?
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Kusina -

as "Atmasphere" stated, the only result of using gear with different pin assignments (inverting/non-inverting pins switched) is that the signal will end up being inverted, or reverse polarity. You could have a custom set of interconnects made, with pin 2 going to pin 3, and pin 3 going to pin 2. but then that cable should only be used for those specific pieces of gear. A much easier way to get back to the correct polarity is to swap the speaker cable terminals at one end or the other (not both). That will flip the polarity once again and get you back to where you should be. with either fix, there is no compromise to the sound.