Mister Crash
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I tried doing a couple searches to see if this has already been discussed here, but I didn't find anything.
I have a CD player with a standard 3-pin XLR output (pin 1 = ground, pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold).
I also just got a Stax amp, and it looks like the XLR inputs have a different configuration (pin 1 = ground, pin 2 = cold, pin 3 = hot).
Can I just connect a regular balanced cable between the CD player and the amp, or do I need some kind of adapter to switch pins 2 and 3 on the output? Would it produce the right results if I changed the CD player output so that it was 180° out of phase?
I have a CD player with a standard 3-pin XLR output (pin 1 = ground, pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold).
I also just got a Stax amp, and it looks like the XLR inputs have a different configuration (pin 1 = ground, pin 2 = cold, pin 3 = hot).
Can I just connect a regular balanced cable between the CD player and the amp, or do I need some kind of adapter to switch pins 2 and 3 on the output? Would it produce the right results if I changed the CD player output so that it was 180° out of phase?