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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
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Why not reterminate the preamp end of the XLR cables so pin 2 is hot?

Personally, I wouldn't rewire a component because it would no longer be to factory spec. It'd affect resale.
rwwear
2,692 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.
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