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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Atmasphere, both my preamp and amp have pin one as the ground. But pin 2 on the preamp is non-inverting and pin 3 inverting, while my amp has the reverse configuration (pin 2 -, pin 3 +). Since the amp is designed to be fully balanced, doesn't the mismatch compromise the sound? Should I have the interconnect cables re-wired, 2 to 3 and 3 to 2?