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Mackie has new relationship with Behringer?

The Mackie HM-4 seems to be an obvious rebranding of the Behringer HA400
It looks like Mackie is rebranding a lot of other gear now also.
Could be much of their stuff is now made in the same factory.
This one is obvious, but move some panel layout on some other gear and some of this stuff look all too familiar.

Looks like a industry turnaround. Nothing wrong with specifying and rebranding if another piece of gear matches your requirements. ROHS, CE, FTC can all be expensive and take a lot of time to get certification. Behringer aka Music Tribe just happens to have all the labs and gear.

It will be interesting to see some inside shots. It doesn't really matter, but just interesting.