I was referring to the 81/60-combo. One of my guitars is a Jackson Dinky DKMG. It sounded dull and lifeless with any pickups but the EMG 81/60. I use them @18V, which provides more dynamic range than the usual 9V (they clip later - clipping on active pickups sounds nasty in a bad way). It's ok if you weren't impressed. You can hear people saying all kind of things about EMG-pickups from sterile, soulless, harsh ... IMO, that's neither right nor wrong. It's about personal preference and taste. I just think they are amongst the tightest pickups because I never got them to sound muddy on any guitar I owned (unless by tweaking the amp).