[BC] RE:The XLR pinout debate

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/13/2006 8:11:38 AM Central Daylight Time,  
tpt at eurekanet.com writes:

The AES  "standard" reflects usual European practice to impose standards 
contrary to  American practice as a kind of back-door trade barrier. Since, in 
some  circles, European-dominated organizations have a certain cachet, what is  
really a mere annoyance (pin 2 hot rather than pin 3) escalates into a  
"religious" debate in some circles.




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Or in many cases our founders, of the US, went backward to use older non  
standard or scientific measurments that were no longer used in Europe but had  
roots based in older Europe.
 
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