Alright, maybe I wasn't very polite. Sorry about that. But it just pisses me off really.
Why do all bands that use 81s sound like Metallica or In Flames? Well, maybe because of all the Rectifiers and 5150 they also use. And please, don't limit the active pickup suject to a damn EMG 81. If you look closely, I never mentioned that pickup model, as I was refering to actives in general, but that's fine. You don't seem to have taken in consideration the examples I gave. But I'll give it to you, the 81 is the worst of all the actives I've tried, but it's not a bad pickup by any chance.
High and mighty shit? Where exactly?