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XLR USA TO EUROPEAN-WILL IT CAUSE DAMAGE

Hello everyone,

Like most of you, this time off has given me a lot of time to play around with my gear. Here's my question:

I have an old school amp(Carver Sunfire Cinema Grand 5) which I had overhauled . New caps, resisters etc..I  can't figure out what standard it is. I have a Marantz 7705 processor that is European standard for XLR. There are different versions of my amp which say USA and European XLR standard in the manual.. My amp was manufactured in 6/2000. I can't find the original manual only manuals for different amps. Will connectoing an XLR Euro to USA amp cause damage or degradation to music. Hope everyone stays safe and well.

Anthony

 
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itsjustme
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to the best of my knowledge there is no difference, both should adhere to IEC standards. We do. read more here:
https://everything.explained.today/XLR_connector/
Note there are 3 and 5 pin XLRs. What you are really talking about is balanced audio over XLR physical layer
Bottom line, i think there is no difference.
Could you post or send me the reference that says otherwise?  I'd like to know.

G
itsjustme
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OK, thanks Almarg.  I was not aware.  But as you say, in a balanced signal it makes no difference - since they are (ought to be) mirror images of each other.
The key thing is that ground remains in the same place.
Good to go.  I wonder why on earth they differ?  Kinda like FLAC and ALAC being big-endian and little-endian I guess. 

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