I first set the pickups to the height suggested by the manufactuer and compared them to the 62's. They sounded close, but not quite old strat shimmer and quack. It took about a week of tweaking to get them to sound like the 62's, as the Kinmans sound will change alot with very small height adjustments and it takes a little getting used to the silence and improved volume balance between strings. The top end still has that single coil presence without the shrillness. Mids are clear and defined.
Bottom end is tight and twangy.
They also reduced the string rattle on the low strings and the fretting out on my hi E also was reduced. I believe this is due to the lower magnetic strength of the pole pieces. The reduction in noise is remarkable. I use a TK999 and Fulldrive2 and the neck pickup sounds so much better without the noise. I've gigged twice with them and they sounded great.