2. cables
  3. 1207239433

Rewire Marantz or Reterminate Cable

I'm buying a Marantz SA-14. Apparently the XLRs are wired pin 3 hot as opposed to the rest of my equipment which is pin 2 hot.

I have a pair of cables that could get reterminated. I think I would rather resolder the wires in the Marantz and stick a label on the back of it.

Opinions?

Thanks.
leoturetsky
Post removed 
rwwear
2,846 posts
 
It really desn't matter whether pin 2 is positive or pin 3 is positive in reality.
leoturetsky OP
103 posts
 
If you're balanced source to amp, you have to maintain the correct phase, but if the signal is converted to single-ended somewhere in the chain, then it doesn't matter, no?

A player modded to the "correct" polarity would be worth $50 to me if it was a high quality job. When you switch cables around enough that last thing you need is a "special" component.
rwwear
2,846 posts
 
What is the correct phase? I don't believe there are many if any pieces of recorded music that maintains the same phase thoughout the recording chain. And especially recordings from europe would be different.
More to discover