P-8: XLR pre-out: which pin is hot? 2 or 3?

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Your Cousin

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P-8: XLR pre-out: which pin is hot? 2 or 3?
« on: 9 Sep 2007, 09:44 am »
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I got the P-8 in Hongkong. New to the family.

I know XLR pre-out is NOT true Balanced, but I will connect it to my Power Amp's XLR anway (which has pin 3 HOT).
Please advise P-8 side which pin is HOT such that I can avoid "phase" problem.

Thanks.....

nuforce-casey

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Re: P-8: XLR pre-out: which pin is hot? 2 or 3?
« Reply #1 on: 10 Sep 2007, 03:09 am »
Hi,
We follow the most common XLR definition:

Pin 1 = Shield ground
Pin 2 = Positive balanced signal
Pin 3 = Negative balanced signal

You may want to double-check the power amp configuration, Pin 3=Hot is rare.