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Anything that is designed to plug into an XLR mic input "should" be designed to cope with phantom power. The problem arises where gear might be adapted to XLR for some reason or, rare these days, a line input on a mixer/preamp retains spook juice because of poor, lazy design.
Most equipment is (or again "should") be protected, input and output against voltages up to the internal supply rails but 48V is way above that in almost all cases so the moral is. If it is not equipped to go directly into an XLR mic input DON'T DO IT!
People are often very concerned about the damage potential of phantom power, unnecessarily so IMHO in most cases. Even the ribbon mic scenario is much more apocryphal than real but then if I had a £2000 vintage ribbon I would be very careful! Maybe buy/build a dedicated pre amp? The biggest problem is possible danger to speakers or cans from "hot plugging" ears are not fond either.
Yes, global spook juice is a bit of a PITA but a capacitor isolator box is beer into water to make if you are really bovvered!
Dave.