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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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davehrab
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Click on this link, and view a Polarity adapter made by Ridge Street Audio ... Ridge street audio polarity adapter... It is a XLR adapter with a toggle switch in it, that allows you to switch Polarity back, and forth with out modifing your existing IC's. Saves you the soldering, and your cables shouldn't loss any resale value.

Robert claims they are very transparent ... "I'm not a big fan of adapters but they can serve an important purpose and these are about as transparent as you'll get." His words

HTH dave
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Thanks for all your comments. I never realized that a recording could have polarity reversed - isn't polarity an electrical characteristic only? How and why would this be done? Also, has anybody ever seen stats on what % of CDs are reversed in polarity?
edesilva
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There was a thread that talked about this in a bit more detail here:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1081184159&read&keyw&zzwood+effect
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